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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.
6,193 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bona Vista Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4LY
Received 22 May 2020Land At Bilbut Farm Bradley Court Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0DR
Received 22 May 2020The Brambles Nine Wells Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 22 May 2020Camp Site Bearse Farm The Bearse St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6QU
Received 26 May 2020Stretfield Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AG
Received 26 May 2020Stretfield Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AG
Received 26 May 202011 Penda Place Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7AJ
Received 26 May 2020Milway Patch High Beech Road The Pludds Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9UD
Received 26 May 2020Berrends Farm Cooks Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LE
Received 22 May 2020Three Ashes House Ledbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DE
Received 26 May 2020Rocks Bungalow The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE
Received 26 May 20203 Kyrleside The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EN
Received 26 May 2020Hill House Barrel Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LR
Received 27 May 2020Trow Green Farm Trow Green St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QP
Received 27 May 2020Tavisvor New Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HJ
Received 27 May 2020Hill View Cottage Gower Lane Woodcroft Chepstow Gloucestershire NP16 7PZ
Received 27 May 2020Redhill Farm Bromsberrow Road Redmarley GL19 3JU
Received 28 May 2020Land Adjoining The Laurels Main Road Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3EA
Received 28 May 20201 Hanman Villas Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8EB
Received 28 May 202018 Nodens Way Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5NP
Received 27 May 2020The Cottage Edens Hill Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EE
Received 28 May 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 28 May 2020Higrove Neds Top Oldcroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NQ
Received 28 May 2020Drews Farm Bulley Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BQ
Received 28 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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