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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.
6,228 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New House Farm Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HQ
Received 24 Jun 2020Primrose Cottage Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DB
Received 25 Jun 2020Kingslow Barn Kings Green Berrow WR13 6AQ
Received 25 Jun 2020Hillside Phillips Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NF
Received 25 Jun 2020Barafundle Kents Green Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 26 Jun 2020Brays Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EP
Received 26 Jun 2020St Andrews Church Church Lane Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 26 Jun 2020Willowbank Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Received 26 Jun 2020Pavilion End Barn Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Received 26 Jun 20205 Wellmeadow Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PQ
Received 26 Jun 202030 Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SZ
Received 26 Jun 2020Land Off Beachley Road Sedbury NP16 7DP
Received 26 Jun 2020Rock House Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1LD
Received 29 Jun 2020Lyndale Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BH
Received 29 Jun 2020Atwoods Grange Station Road Woolaston Gloucestershire GL15 6PN
Received 29 Jun 2020Fairwinds Brand Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JE
Received 29 Jun 2020Dick Whittington Farm Park Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PH
Received 29 Jun 2020The Old Rectory High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 29 Jun 2020Stretfield Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AG
Received 30 Jun 2020Stretfield Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AG
Received 30 Jun 2020Land Off Beachley Road Sedbury
Received 30 Jun 2020Carpark Adjoining White Hart Inn Broadoak Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JB
Received 30 Jun 2020Carpark Adjoining White Hart Inn Broadoak Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JB
Received 30 Jun 2020Land To The East Of A48 Opposite Approved Housing Development Site To The East And West Of Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire
Received 30 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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