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.
6,207 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Sacksfield Farm Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 5 Jun 2020Barn Cottage May Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 8 Jun 2020South View Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BH
Received 8 Jun 2020Spring Cottage Bulley Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AS
Received 8 Jun 2020Forest Coach House 10 Woodville Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AY
Received 8 Jun 2020Forest View High Street Brierley Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9DL
Received 8 Jun 2020Yew Tree Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RD
Received 8 Jun 202021 The Fairways Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AY
Received 8 Jun 2020The Old Chapel High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BU
Received 8 Jun 2020The Old Cold Store Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HG
Received 9 Jun 2020Madams Edens Hill Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EE
Received 9 Jun 2020Hill House Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Received 9 Jun 202024 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DA
Received 9 Jun 202019 Stantway Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QH
Received 9 Jun 20201 Bakers Lane Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BS
Received 10 Jun 2020Woodview Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QX
Received 10 Jun 2020Sunnyview Cottage Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JR
Received 10 Jun 20209 Prospect Close Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DB
Received 10 Jun 2020Ashwell Grange House Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LS
Received 10 Jun 2020Woodend Farm Broom Hill Huntley Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jun 2020New House Farm Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HQ
Received 10 Jun 2020Pella Farm Holders Lane Oxenhall Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LX
Received 10 Jun 2020Holmlea Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AH
Received 10 Jun 2020The White House High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9ER
Received 11 Jun 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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