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.
6,253 approved · 631 refused · 347 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Bakers Lane Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BS
Received 9 Jul 2020Briarlee Jubilee Close Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8ES
Received 9 Jul 2020Barn At Folly Farm Mile End Road Mile End Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jul 2020Dick Whittington Farm Park Blakemore Park Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PH
Received 9 Jul 2020Highlands 50A Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DQ
Received 9 Jul 2020The Old Rectory Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AF
Received 10 Jul 2020Ivy Cottage Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SZ
Received 10 Jul 20202 Malvern View Woolridge Hill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DJ
Received 13 Jul 20204 Fairways Avenue Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8RJ
Received 13 Jul 202011A Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AJ
Received 13 Jul 2020Land At Bream Court Farm Coleford Road Bream Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jul 2020The Coach House Swan Road Lydney GL15 5RU
Received 13 Jul 2020Jubilee Villa Lydney Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EN
Received 13 Jul 202052 Fancy Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JP
Received 13 Jul 20206 Highbury Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EE
Received 13 Jul 2020Snails Halt Pool Hill Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LL
Received 13 Jul 2020The Watersmeet Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9PP
Received 14 Jul 2020Brookfield The Willows Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AY
Received 14 Jul 2020Crabbs Well Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ
Received 14 Jul 2020Orles Pool Barns Chepstow Road Sling Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jul 2020Lydney Car Centre Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RF
Received 14 Jul 2020Clearwell Farm The Rocks Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8JR
Received 14 Jul 2020Land South Of Straight Lane Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RN
Received 15 Jul 20204 Palmers Glade Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LW
Received 16 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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