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Guide Price£330,000

Barn At Pipers Meadow, Alvington, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15

Description

A traditional barn in an elevated position, with planning permission to convert.

Planning Reference Number: P0847/24/FUL (Forest of Dean District Council)

Barn 1
Planning permission for conversion into a four bedroom property with the following layout:
Ground floor: Entrance hall I Lounge I Kitchen / Dining room I Study I Utility I WC
First floor: Principal bedroom with ensuite bathroom I two further bedrooms I Forth bedroom with ensuite bathroom I Family bathroom

Barn 2
A single storey building supported by masonry walls to the rear and an arrangement of posts and staddle stones along the eastern elevation. The building formerly benefited from approved planning consent as part of a wider application for conversion into a home office / sunroom

Outside
The barns are currently surrounded by hardstanding with a grassed area to the rear. As per the planning permission, access will be taken via a right of way over the adjacent road to the east.

Situation
The barn is situated on the outskirts of the villages of Alvington and Woolaston, Gloucestershire located on the west bank of the River Severn, in the Forest of Dean. The town of Lydney is 4 miles distant offering a hospital, superstore shopping, a station and day-to-day amenities. The location also benefits from being situated close to the M4 and M5 motorways which are accessed via the A48 making visiting and commuting very easy. The Forest of Dean offers numerous walks and mountain biking as well as a range of cultural attractions, there is also the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty nearby.

General

Services: An incoming purchaser is responsible for setting up the services to the barn.
Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way: The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not. A public right of way runs adjacent to the property's western boundary.

Designations: The property is not situated in a designated National Landscape (AONB) and the barn is not listed.

Local Authority: Forest of Dean District Council, High Street, Coleford, Glos, GL16 8HG.

Method of Sale: This property is offered for sale as a whole by Private Treaty.

Guide price: £330,000.

Viewing : All viewings are strictly by confirmed appointment with Bruton Knowles.

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Property details

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Date Posted
2026-07-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Woolaston Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    113
    Type
    Community school
  • Aylburton Church of England Primary School1.8 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    68
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School2.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    148
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lydney Church of England Community School2.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bream Church of England Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    186
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Dean Academy2.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    816
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • SGS Berkeley Green UTC4.5 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    391
    Type
    University technical college
  • Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre5.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,024
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Five Acres High School6.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    786
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Castle School7.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,416
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Bream, Bream2.4 miles
Tesco Lydney Superstore, Lydney2.7 miles
Lidl Lydney, Lydney3.1 miles

GP surgery

Wye Valley Practice2.3 miles

Pharmacy

Boots2.9 miles

Hospital

Lydney Hospital2.7 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces632 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Lydney Rail Station2.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Sand Tumps Turn486 metres

Typical drive times

Lydney10 min · 3.6 miles
Chepstow14 min · 7.5 miles
Coleford17 min · 7.9 miles
Cil-y-coed24 min · 13 miles
Bristol (city)40 min · 26 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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