Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Forest of Dean District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,058 approved · 606 refused · 340 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Greenway Farm Hawthorns Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9HW
Received 14 Jul 2004Netherend Farm Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 20 Dec 2018Treetops Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 13 Feb 2020Land At 22 Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DH
Received 17 Feb 2020Hope Farm Cross Keys St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TH
Received 19 Feb 20201 School Crescent Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RE
Received 21 Feb 2020Land East Of Rodley Manor Way Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 25 Feb 2020Hedgerows Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JP
Received 3 Mar 2020Land Off Forest Vale Road Cinderford GL14 2YG
Received 6 Mar 20208 Poppy Gardens Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HP
Received 9 Mar 2020Druff House Cleeve Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1RF
Received 9 Mar 2020The Willows Horsefair Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RG
Received 10 Mar 2020Edgehills Lodge Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HD
Received 11 Mar 2020Proposed Car Park Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 12 Mar 202012 Tylers Way Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7AB
Received 16 Mar 2020Dorwell Bakers Piece Road Ruardean Woodside Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9YL
Received 16 Mar 2020Bayliss Farm Worcester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RL
Received 17 Mar 2020Land At Whirls End Beachley Road Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7EY
Received 17 Mar 2020Yew Tree Cottage Malswick Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HF
Received 19 Mar 2020Land East Of Rodley Manor Way Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 19 Mar 20201 Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LH
Received 19 Mar 2020May Cottage George Lane Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JL
Received 20 Mar 2020Pitts Mill Oridge Street Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DA
Received 19 Mar 2020High View Scowles Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QT
Received 20 Mar 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Forest of Dean District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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