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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.
6,222 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Staunton Court Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jun 2020Tinmans Arms Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NS
Received 17 Jun 20201 St Peters Close Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AY
Received 17 Jun 2020The Meadows Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 17 Jun 2020Windrush House 7 Grange Close Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Received 17 Jun 202012 Parragate Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LT
Received 18 Jun 2020Church Farm Church Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NL
Received 18 Jun 20201 Glebe Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BJ
Received 18 Jun 2020The Old Stone Works Fetter Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LU
Received 18 Jun 2020The Woodlands Squires Road Hangerberry Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QL
Received 19 Jun 2020Barn At Woodend Farm Broom Hill Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3HA
Received 19 Jun 202010 Colsty Meadow Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4BG
Received 19 Jun 2020Latchen Land Off Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 22 Jun 20205 Stafford Close Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DX
Received 22 Jun 2020Drews Farm Bulley Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BQ
Received 22 Jun 2020Hill View Phillips Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NF
Received 22 Jun 20203 Bays Court Goose Lane Bollow Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QX
Received 23 Jun 20203 Bays Court Goose Lane Bollow Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QX
Received 23 Jun 2020Vine Villa Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HQ
Received 23 Jun 2020The Meadows Clanna Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BD
Received 23 Jun 2020Youncas Tillers Green Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AP
Received 23 Jun 2020Beech View Morse Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AH
Received 23 Jun 2020Alderbrook Lower Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DU
Received 23 Jun 2020Fairview Lower Road Soudley Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TZ
Received 24 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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