There was a public inquiry as a result of the appeal by the Tweedales against the Enforecement Notice placed on them by the Forset of Dean District Council. The public inquiry was in Coleford over three days (29 and 30 November, 22 December). You can read the papers which were submitted to the inquiry here. In particular, the response of the Horseshoe Inn Companions is here (NB: this file is 2.5MB).

the appeal - the public inquiry

All the details of the inquiry are on the Planning Inspectorate's web site. See here.

The decision of the Inspector has now been published. It is on the web site, but in case you can't get at it (often the web site is broken), here is the decision.

The Tweedale's asked for costs to be awarded against the Forest of Dean DC. Here is the Inspector's decision (he rejected the request).