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.
6,454 approved · 658 refused · 357 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Colloe Grove Farm Collafield Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LG
Received 29 Oct 202064 Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8BW
Received 29 Oct 20202 Nailsmiths Court Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JH
Received 30 Oct 2020Pastors Hill House Pastors Hill Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NA
Received 29 Oct 2020Hartpury Mill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 30 Oct 2020Sycamore House Morgans Lane Ruardean Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 30 Oct 2020Wyecliffe House Old Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7PR
Received 30 Oct 2020Horsley Grove (Also Known As Plot 3) Cliffords Mesne Gloucestershire GL18 1JW
Received 30 Oct 2020Nansfield Farm Dymock Gloucestershire
Received 30 Oct 2020Old Smithy Stores New Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BX
Received 2 Nov 2020Trelawney 9 Park Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AX
Received 2 Nov 202012 Adams Way Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RQ
Received 2 Nov 20204 The Tythings Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QQ
Received 2 Nov 2020Land At Jubilee Lane Bream Gloucestershire
Received 2 Nov 20207 Belmont Terrace Stenders Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JD
Received 3 Nov 2020Woodleigh Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QY
Received 3 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To Old Canning Inn Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 3 Nov 2020Forge Farm Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AP
Received 2 Nov 202083 Church Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3EL
Received 3 Nov 2020Land West Of Rodley Manor Way Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 3 Nov 20201 Baresfield Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EG
Received 3 Nov 2020Granary Barn West End Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9TP
Received 3 Nov 2020Woodville Main Road Rudford Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8DU
Received 3 Nov 20204 Townsend Close St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TJ
Received 4 Nov 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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