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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.
6,427 approved · 656 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westside The Haie Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1HW
Received 19 Oct 2020Residential Development Site To The West Of Rodley Manor Way Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 19 Oct 2020Solomons Tump Farm Solomons Tump Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EB
Received 20 Oct 2020Verge Off Rodley Manor Way To New Residential Develoment Site Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 20 Oct 2020Sycamore House Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NJ
Received 20 Oct 202035 Ford House Road The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LQ
Received 20 Oct 2020High Reddings Chapel Hill Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DF
Received 20 Oct 202039 Forest Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LE
Received 21 Oct 2020Hawthorn Cottage Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RD
Received 21 Oct 202020 Coombs Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AY
Received 21 Oct 2020Penfold Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QY
Received 21 Oct 2020Land At Malswick Adjacent B4215 Newent Gloucestershire
Received 21 Oct 2020Land North Of A4136 Lower Lane Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 21 Oct 2020The Sun The Slad Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PT
Received 22 Oct 2020Greenacres Camp Site (also Known As Land At Greenacres) Scowles Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QS
Received 22 Oct 2020Brick House Farm Wintles Lane Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NG
Received 22 Oct 2020Ford Farm Poultry Sheds Ford Lane Kilcot Gloucestershire GL18 1NW
Received 22 Oct 2020Church Villa High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 23 Oct 2020Church Villa High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 23 Oct 2020The Waterfalls Brook Street Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DZ
Received 23 Oct 2020Pumping Station Stantway Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire
Received 22 Oct 2020Watersmeet Motel Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BT
Received 23 Oct 2020Commonfields Farm Boulsdon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JH
Received 23 Oct 2020Beeches Farm Grove Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QH
Received 22 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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