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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.
6,186 approved · 630 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chibblers Hill Farm Chibblers Hill Fishpool Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BT
Received 15 May 202014 Freedom Close Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SN
Received 15 May 2020High View Manse Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EH
Received 15 May 2020Barn Adjoining Chapel Hill Barn Chapel Hill Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DF
Received 15 May 2020Barn Cliff Farm Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ES
Received 15 May 2020The Cottage Plummers Farm Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ES
Received 18 May 202019 Byfords Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EL
Received 18 May 2020Oakfield Hill Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HE
Received 18 May 2020Rectory Meadow Church Lane Rudford Gloucestershire GL2 8DT
Received 18 May 2020Access Track Off Barnage Road Barnage Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AQ
Received 18 May 2020Melrose Cottage The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SF
Received 19 May 2020Zion House Hopes Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PG
Received 19 May 2020Zion House Hopes Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PG
Received 19 May 2020Old Church House High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 19 May 2020Land At Former R And D Pressings Ltd Whitecliff Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NB
Received 19 May 2020Folly Farm Abenhall Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0DT
Received 19 May 2020Green Hill Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AD
Received 20 May 2020Land South West Of Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 20 May 2020Cattle Shed Rock Farm Rock Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QJ
Received 20 May 2020Cattle Shed Rock Farm Rock Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QJ
Received 20 May 2020Crabbs Well Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ
Received 19 May 2020Ludlow House Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DX
Received 19 May 20204 Boxbush Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DN
Received 19 May 2020Barn At Nibley Mill Farm Nibley Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DB
Received 22 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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