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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.
6,240 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broads Orchard Corsend Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BP
Received 30 Jun 2020Broads Orchard Corsend Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BP
Received 30 Jun 2020Nottwood Cottage Nottwood Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AN
Received 30 Jun 2020The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 30 Jun 2020Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 26 Jun 2020Yew Tree Cottage Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NP
Received 30 Jun 2020Barn At Dick Whittington Farm Park Blakemore Park Little London Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jun 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jun 2020Little Pandy Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DB
Received 30 Jun 2020Fairview House Bulley Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AS
Received 1 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Poplars Cottage Tibberton Lane Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3DY
Received 1 Jul 202019A Parkend Walk Sling Coleford Glos GL16 8JJ
Received 1 Jul 2020Ford Farm Bungalow Ford Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NW
Received 2 Jul 2020Chapel Lane Cottage Coach Road Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4LX
Received 2 Jul 202017 Parkend Walk Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JJ
Received 2 Jul 2020Beaumaris Hazel Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EJ
Received 2 Jul 2020Ninnage Lodge Cottage Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 2 Jul 2020New House Farm Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HQ
Received 2 Jul 2020Fish And Chip Shop Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SB
Received 3 Jul 202010 Butlers Mead Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4EH
Received 3 Jul 202014 Grove Park Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SS
Received 3 Jul 2020Land To The East Of Sheens Meadow (Also Known As Quickset) Newnham-on-Severn GL14 1BP
Received 3 Jul 2020Land At Beachley Road Sedbury NP16 7DP
Received 6 Jul 2020Land East Of Rodley Manor Way Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jul 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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