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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.
6,281 approved · 635 refused · 347 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Southend Nurseries Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JD
Received 23 Jul 2020Bream Sports Club High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JF
Received 23 Jul 2020Land Adjoining Hedgerows Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JP
Received 23 Jul 2020Greenacres Barrel Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LR
Received 23 Jul 2020Churchfield House Church Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5EG
Received 24 Jul 2020Taynton Farm Shop Hownhall Taynton Gloucestershire GL19 3AW
Received 24 Jul 2020Land At The Homestead Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BT
Received 24 Jul 2020Crowgate Farm Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 24 Jul 2020Ferndale Bungalow Eastwood Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JY
Received 24 Jul 2020Avondale Forest Road Ruardean Woodside Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9XR
Received 27 Jul 2020Ty Carreg Stoulgrove Lane Woodcroft Chepstow NP16 7QE
Received 27 Jul 2020Hillfields Farm Kempley Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BA
Received 24 Jul 2020Redford Place 31A Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 24 Jul 202011 Butlers Mead Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4EH
Received 27 Jul 2020Westwood House The Tufts Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HW
Received 27 Jul 2020The Nab Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AX
Received 27 Jul 2020Jessamine Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 28 Jul 20205 Parkend Road Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7HX
Received 28 Jul 20209 Hyde Bank Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DF
Received 28 Jul 2020Hearns Cottage Forge Lane Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EG
Received 29 Jul 2020Woodlands Upper Redbrook Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4LU
Received 28 Jul 2020Woodcote Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QZ
Received 24 Jul 2020Driftside The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 29 Jul 2020Wall Cottage South Bank Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UT
Received 29 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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