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.
6,173 approved · 628 refused · 345 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Brambles Broad Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JS
Received 24 Apr 2020Land At Park Farm Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LB
Received 24 Apr 2020Tufthorn Industrial Estate (formerly Plot 15A) Stepbridge Road Coleford GL16 8PJ
Received 24 Apr 20201 The Stables Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JD
Received 24 Apr 202012 Forest Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LB
Received 27 Apr 2020Cherry Rise Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AG
Received 27 Apr 20205 & 4 Tusculum Way Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HZ
Received 27 Apr 2020The Old Library & Streetfield House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AD
Received 27 Apr 20209 Orchard Close Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EA
Received 27 Apr 2020The Bungalow High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 27 Apr 20202 Townsend Cottages East Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TF
Received 23 Apr 2020Ivery Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EW
Received 28 Apr 2020Woodville Moseley Green Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4HN
Received 4 May 2020Land At 74 Park Road Christchurch Gloucestershire GL16 7AZ
Received 28 Apr 2020Ingleside High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BS
Received 29 Apr 202052 Railway Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3HL
Received 30 Apr 202025 Templeway Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HU
Received 30 Apr 20201 Castle View Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EA
Received 1 May 2020Highlands 50A Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DQ
Received 1 May 2020Church Villa High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 1 May 2020Stoneleigh May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 4 May 202011 Severn Avenue Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EF
Received 4 May 2020Silverstone Farm The Granary Hawthorns Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BP
Received 4 May 2020Forest Products Ltd Ross Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EX
Received 4 May 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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