Block Management in Newent
A conservation appraisal still in draft since 2001, and mostly lowest-band radon
Plymouth Block Management covers block, estate and leasehold management in Newent for RMCs, RTM companies and freeholders. The conservation area appraisal has stayed a consultation draft since May 2001, which carries less weight in any argument about a scheme. Radon is in the lowest band across about 95 per cent of the town, though one class 5 square clips its edge.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Newent
Check Radon at the Edge of Town
Five of Newent's eight squares are in the lowest band, where measurement is not advised, but one class 5 square clips about half a per cent of the town. We would check the block's square and arrange measurement only where advised.
CompliancePrepare Consents with the Draft Appraisal in Mind
The appraisal for Newent's conservation area is a consultation draft dated May 2001, never adopted. For a block in the area we would obtain any consent before specifying external works and not rest a case on the draft alone.
Major works and Section 20Match Flood Cover to the Leadon Alert
The Leadon catchment alert covers 3.33 per cent of Newent, with 2.36 per cent in Flood Zone 3, and no warning area reaches the town. We would confirm whether the block lies in those zones before placing insurance.
InsuranceManaging a Block in Newent at a Glance
- Local authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Authority type
- District, under the county council
- Building control
- Forest of Dean District Council Building Control
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Fire and rescue service
- Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- Severn Trent Water
- From our Plymouth office
- About 132 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in Newent to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
The Appraisal Has Stayed a Consultation Draft Since 2001
One conservation area, designated 27 September 1979. Its appraisal has never been adopted. What the council publishes is headed as a consultation draft dated May 2001, prepared in 2000 and amended between January and May 2001, and it has remained in draft ever since. A consultation draft carries much less weight than an adopted appraisal in an argument about a scheme. The area covers 8.90 per cent of the built-up town. Newent is one of 27 conservation areas across the district. For a block inside it, a consent application for external works should make its own case rather than rest on the draft alone.
106 entries on the National Heritage List fall inside the built-up area: one Grade I, one Grade II* and 104 Grade II. For a block that is listed or adjoins a listed building, works to the fabric need listed building consent before they are specified.
Newent's Flats Are Mostly in Purpose-Built Blocks
The published ward figure is 364 flats among 2,983 households, 12.2 per cent, but the ward is Newent and Taynton. 2,430 of its households, 81.5 per cent, are inside the built-up area, with 338 flats, 13.9 per cent. Of these, 264 are in purpose-built blocks, 32 in a converted or shared house, 11 in another converted building and 31 over commercial premises. Almost all the ward's purpose-built flats, 264 of 268, are in the town itself. Most flats here are in purpose-built blocks, where communal fire safety and shared repairs fall to the RMC or freeholder.
Only the Leadon Catchment Alert Reaches Newent
Fluvial on the River Leadon, with the Glynch Brook. The only Environment Agency designation containing the town is the Leadon catchment alert, covering 3.33 per cent of the built-up area. No flood warning area reaches Newent. The alert area named for the rivers of the Forest of Dean does not reach it either, despite the district name. The flood map puts 3.54 per cent of the town in Flood Zone 2 and 2.36 per cent in Flood Zone 3, fluvial only. No defence scheme and no street list are published. For a block, its position against Flood Zones 2 and 3 is what to confirm before placing insurance.
About 95 Per Cent of Newent Is Lowest-Band Radon
Of the eight one-kilometre squares over the built-up area, five are in the lowest band and cover about 95 per cent of the town. In those squares all parts are in the lowest band, with under 1 per cent of homes at or above the action level. The published advice there is that radon measurement is not advised. Two squares are class 2, and one is class 5, at 10 to 30 per cent, clipping about half a per cent of the town's edge. Almost all of Newent is lowest band, and a small edge of it is not. For a block, the square it sits in decides whether measurement is needed.
That is national advice about the ground, not about the building. The same map excludes basements, cellars and underground spaces at every band, so an enclosed plant room, undercroft or lower-ground flat is still worth a look even here, and whatever is found belongs with the compliance record.
Outside the Statutory Forest, Despite the District Name
Decided under two adopted documents: the Forest of Dean Core Strategy, adopted 23 February 2012 following the inspector's report of 13 January that year, and the Allocations Plan adopted in June 2018. A Local Plan to 2046 is emerging, and a previous attempt was withdrawn. There is no made neighbourhood plan. The neighbourhood area was designated on 22 August 2018 and the plan is still in development, so no referendum has been held. There is no Article 4 direction. The town has no overlap with the Cotswolds National Landscape, and it is not inside the statutory forest of the Forest of Dean. The adopted core strategy places it outside, describing the landscape around Newent as stretching toward Gloucester and toward the forest itself. It calls Newent the smallest of the four towns in the district and the closest to a major centre. For a block, alterations are judged against the Core Strategy and Allocations Plan, with conservation area controls where they apply, not National Landscape policy.
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Newent Questions
Is Newent Inside the Forest of Dean for Planning Purposes?
It is in Forest of Dean District, but not inside the statutory forest. The Core Strategy adopted on 23 February 2012 places it outside and calls it the smallest of the district's four towns. Newent has no overlap with the Cotswolds National Landscape, and the Allocations Plan adopted in June 2018 sits alongside the Core Strategy.
Does Newent Have a Neighbourhood Plan?
Not yet. The neighbourhood area was designated on 22 August 2018 and the plan is still in development, so no referendum has been held. A Local Plan to 2046 is emerging after a previous attempt was withdrawn, and there is no Article 4 direction in the town.
Does Newent Get Flood Warnings?
No flood warning area reaches Newent. The only Environment Agency designation containing the town is the Leadon catchment alert, covering 3.33 per cent of the built-up area, on the River Leadon with the Glynch Brook. The alert named for the rivers of the Forest of Dean does not reach it, and no street list or defence scheme is published.
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