®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Swan House Tea Room, Cone Valley, Woolaston, GL15 6AD
Planning appeal 6005801 at Land Adjacent Swan House Tea Room, Cone Valley, Woolaston, GL15 6AD (Forest of Dean) was dismissed on 20 July 2026 by Inspector Martin Allen, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be habitats development and can be considered by way of the Permission in Principle route.
Permission in principle for the erection of 5 dwellings with associated works
- Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- Martin Allen
- Postcode
- GL15 6AD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be habitats development and can be considered by way of the Permission in Principle route
What decided it
The absence of ecological survey evidence and inability to secure mitigation measures through conditions on a permission in principle meant that adverse effects on European protected sites could not be ruled out, rendering the development habitats development which cannot be considered under the Permission in Principle procedure.
The decision letter
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