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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.
6,078 approved · 611 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old House Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SB
Received 2 Apr 2020The Old House Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SB
Received 2 Apr 2020Former St Whites Primary School St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DH
Received 2 Apr 2020Ovington House High Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AY
Received 2 Apr 2020Barn (Honeyfield Barn) At Rock Farm Coldharbour Road Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NN
Received 2 Apr 2020The Meadows Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 2 Apr 2020Lydney Rugby Football Club Regent Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RN
Received 2 Apr 2020Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 2 Apr 2020Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 2 Apr 2020Former St Whites Primary School St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DH
Received 2 Apr 2020Madams Edens Hill Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EE
Received 2 Apr 2020Woodview The Rocks Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HF
Received 3 Apr 202011 Church Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NL
Received 3 Apr 2020Holts Health Centre Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BA
Received 3 Apr 2020Tavisvor New Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HJ
Received 6 Apr 20205 Wynols Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RS
Received 6 Apr 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 7 Apr 2020The Old Pyke Cottage Old Pike Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QJ
Received 7 Apr 2020The Old Granary Keynsham Lane High Woolaston Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PX
Received 7 Apr 2020Barn At Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire
Received 6 Apr 20206 The Crescent Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LY
Received 7 Apr 2020Overdean Littledean Hill Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BD
Received 7 Apr 2020Land To The North Of 2 Summerleaze Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 7 Apr 2020Keepers Cottage New Road Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JT
Received 8 Apr 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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