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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.
6,397 approved · 653 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BG
Received 7 Oct 202012 Chantry Close Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5TH
Received 6 Oct 2020Clarendon Church Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NL
Received 7 Oct 2020Jasmine Cottage Orchard End Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QX
Received 7 Oct 2020Songlines Lake Lane Churcham Gloucester GL2 8BG
Received 7 Oct 2020Manor House Quayside Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NG
Received 7 Oct 2020Hartpury Mill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 7 Oct 2020Orchard Cottage Highfield Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JB
Received 8 Oct 2020Methodist Chapel Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AF
Received 8 Oct 202052 Ledbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DL
Received 7 Oct 2020Clematis Cottage Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JT
Received 8 Oct 2020St Mary The Virgin Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 8 Oct 2020Chibblers Hill Farm Chibblers Hill Fishpool Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BT
Received 8 Oct 2020Five Elms Wyebank Avenue Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EJ
Received 9 Oct 20208 Lower Orchard Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AX
Received 9 Oct 2020The Paddocks Coleford Road Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7BU
Received 9 Oct 2020Highfield Townsend Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BE
Received 9 Oct 202031 Kimberley Drive Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AF
Received 9 Oct 20204 Rodley Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AX
Received 12 Oct 2020Hill Farm Stores Farm Road Ruardean Woodside Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9XL
Received 9 Oct 2020Berry Hill Farm The Gorse Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QE
Received 12 Oct 2020Ninnage Lodge Cottage Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 13 Oct 2020The Walks Neds Top Oldcroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NG
Received 13 Oct 2020Heywood Mews Heywood Road Cinderford GL14 2PN Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 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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