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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.
6,367 approved · 649 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 18 Sept 2020High Reddings Chapel Hill Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DF
Received 18 Sept 2020Lydney Youth And Community Centre Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AT
Received 18 Sept 2020The Barn Lower Lane Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QN
Received 18 Sept 2020The Barn Lower Lane Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QN
Received 18 Sept 2020West View Harveys Lane Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SZ
Received 18 Sept 2020High Bank Farm Laundry Lane Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NQ
Received 18 Sept 2020High Bank Farm Laundry Lane Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NQ
Received 18 Sept 2020Land At Box Farm Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EG
Received 7 Sept 2020Perry's Cottage Perry's Court Lane Ruardean Glos GL17 9UR
Received 21 Sept 2020Oakdene Gorsty Knoll Milkwall GL16 7LR
Received 22 Sept 2020Blaisdon Meadow Blaisdon Lane Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AL
Received 22 Sept 2020Former GIS Healthcare And Royal Forest Centre Site Foxes Bridge Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PQ
Received 21 Sept 2020Grey House Miss Graces Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JR
Received 22 Sept 2020Knowle Farm Lime Street Eldersfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 4NX
Received 22 Sept 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent GL18 1JD
Received 22 Sept 2020The Squirrels Albion Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TA
Received 22 Sept 2020The Cottage Royal Oak Road The Pludds Ruardean GL17 9UG
Received 23 Sept 2020Yew Tree Cottage Ashdene Road The Pludds Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9UQ
Received 23 Sept 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 23 Sept 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 23 Sept 2020Wyecliffe House Old Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7PR
Received 24 Sept 2020Little Orchard St Annes Way St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UE
Received 17 Sept 2020West Holme School Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QT
Received 22 Sept 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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