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.
6,089 approved · 615 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caerville High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 3 Apr 2020Land At Mannings Farm High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EX
Received 8 Apr 202017 Primrose Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SF
Received 9 Apr 2020130A Primrose Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SP
Received 9 Apr 20205 Buckshaft Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DW
Received 9 Apr 2020Mannings Farm High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EX
Received 9 Apr 2020Lower Ryecroft The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Received 14 Apr 2020Flossies Cottage Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LY
Received 14 Apr 2020The Old Orchard The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 14 Apr 2020The Old Orchard The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 14 Apr 2020The Barn House Station Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NA
Received 14 Apr 2020Land At Mannings Farm High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire
Received 9 Apr 20201 Lovett Close Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RZ
Received 14 Apr 2020Lawnstone Cottage Station Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LD
Received 12 Apr 2020Playleys Place Playley Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NB
Received 15 Apr 2020Nutmeg 2 Church Hill Close English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PN
Received 15 Apr 2020Dell House Wigpool Common Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JN
Received 15 Apr 2020Bromley Cottage Ellwood Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LZ
Received 15 Apr 2020Wellmeadow Bungalow Lydney Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EN
Received 15 Apr 2020Land At Whirls End Beachley Road Sedbury NP16 7EY
Received 15 Apr 2020Rock House Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1LD
Received 16 Apr 2020Chaxhill Barn Chaxhill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QP
Received 16 Apr 2020Land North Of A4136 Lower Lane Berry Hill Gloucestershire
Received 16 Apr 2020Herridges Orchard Pool Hill Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LW
Received 16 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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