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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.
6,243 approved · 631 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage Stag Hill Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TA
Received 6 Jul 2020The Flat Garden Cottage Woolaston Common Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NT
Received 6 Jul 20203 Staunton House Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 6 Jul 20203 Staunton House Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 6 Jul 2020Manor Cottage Quayside Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NG
Received 6 Jul 2020The Gallops 2 Little Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 4 Jun 2020Briery Hill House Briery Hill Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NH
Received 6 Jul 2020Prospect Cottage Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AJ
Received 3 Jul 2020Land East Of Silver Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BY
Received 6 Jul 2020Land At Whimsey Industrial Estate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jul 2020Land North Of Lower Lane Lower Lane Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 7 Jul 2020Land Adjacent Parkend Club Castlemain Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JZ
Received 7 Jul 2020Lavender Cottage 16 Cinderhill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8HJ
Received 7 Jul 2020Kites Nest Cottage Kites Nest Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BL
Received 7 Jul 2020Jay House Station Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LH
Received 6 Jul 2020Brookville Main Road Lower Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TR
Received 7 Jul 2020Vine Cottage Henley Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NF
Received 8 Jul 2020Birdwood Farm Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AP
Received 8 Jul 20206 Miles Cottages Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LY
Received 8 Jul 2020Forest View Nine Wells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 8 Jul 2020Woodland View Birches Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DN
Received 8 Jul 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 8 Jul 2020Hillview House Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HG
Received 9 Jul 2020Land At Lower House Farm Kempley Gloucestershire
Received 9 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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