Plans to change the use of a stone outbuilding to a holiday let in the Forest of Dean are due to be discussed next week. The two storey building at Bourne End in High Beech Road, The Pludds near Cinderford, was used as an art studio by the property’s previous owner.

The one bedroom building is already being used as a holiday let and a retrospective planning application will be debated by the Forest of Dean District Council's development management committee in Coleford on June 10. A bathroom has been installed within the existing store but planners say the scheme does not propose to alter the dimensions and external appearance of the existing building.

The outbuilding is two storey with a footprint of approximately 30sqm and an overall height of 6m. The ground floor layout consists o

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