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.
6,411 approved · 654 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Berrends Farm Cooks Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LE
Received 13 Oct 20206 The Paddocks Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PX
Received 13 Oct 2020Glenoran Napping Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QH
Received 13 Oct 202018 Perry Close Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1TP
Received 14 Oct 2020The Butts Staunton
Received 14 Oct 2020Saycells Farm Much Marcle Ledbury HR8 2NP
Received 14 Oct 2020Row Of Trees Running NW-SE On Land To West Of Berrows Close Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 15 Oct 2020Warren View New Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HJ
Received 14 Oct 2020Walnut Cottage Harrison Close Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DW
Received 12 Oct 20206 Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 9 Oct 2020Rose Cottage Kidnalls Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ST
Received 12 Oct 2020Hartpury Mill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 14 Oct 2020The Rookery Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EF
Received 15 Oct 2020Hartpury Mill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 14 Oct 2020Track Off George Lane Littledean Glos GL14 3LL
Received 15 Oct 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 15 Oct 202017 Edenwall Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LA
Received 15 Oct 20207 Mount Pleasant Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JY
Received 15 Oct 2020The Priory Proberts Barn Lane Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NE
Received 16 Oct 2020Low Greens Station Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NA
Received 16 Oct 2020Pavilion End Barn Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Received 16 Oct 202044 Woodside Avenue Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DW
Received 19 Oct 2020Development Site At Berry Hill, Coleford (Also Known As Land North Of Lower Lane Berry Hill)
Received 19 Oct 2020Westside The Haie Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1HW
Received 19 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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