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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.
6,267 approved · 632 refused · 347 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walnut Cottage Harrison Close Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DW
Received 13 Jul 2020Courtyard Cottage Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QX
Received 13 Jul 2020Land Off Swan Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 2020Bradstone Yorkley Slade Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SB
Received 16 Jul 2020Overbrook Garage Drybrook Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JJ
Received 16 Jul 2020Land At 5 Victoria Road Coleford GL16 8DR
Received 17 Jul 2020Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels GL15 6RG
Received 17 Jul 2020Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels GL15 6RG
Received 17 Jul 2020Land Adjoining The Red House (Bluebell Cottage) Brockhollands Bream Gloucestershire GL15 4PP
Received 17 Jul 2020Richard Read Transport Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QD
Received 17 Jul 20208 Wantridge Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BP
Received 20 Jul 2020Dene Hollow Cottage Highfield Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LL
Received 20 Jul 2020Land North Of Lower Lane Berry Hill Coleford GL16 8QH
Received 20 Jul 2020Garden Of Ferndale Bungalow Eastwood Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JY
Received 20 Jul 202010 Campbell Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7BS
Received 20 Jul 2020Springbank Farm Birches Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DN
Received 20 Jul 2020Town Farm Gloucester Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HP
Received 20 Jul 202054 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 21 Jul 20206 Market Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2SD
Received 21 Jul 2020142 Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QE
Received 21 Jul 202031 Reevers Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1TN
Received 22 Jul 202039 Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AA
Received 22 Jul 202012 Kings Meade Old Station Way Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8RS
Received 21 Jul 2020Birdwood Coppice Gloucestershire Way Churcham GL2 8AR
Received 22 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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