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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.
6,496 approved · 666 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grey Gates Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RD
Received 13 Nov 2020Longhope Business Park Richard Read Transport Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QD
Received 13 Nov 2020Plusterwine Farm Station Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PN
Received 12 Nov 202073A Park Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AG
Received 13 Nov 2020Ludlow House Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DX
Received 13 Nov 2020Timberland Mill Hill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NN
Received 13 Nov 2020Windy Ridge High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EU
Received 13 Nov 2020Woodville Main Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TR
Received 13 Nov 2020Severn And Wye Smokery Ltd Chaxhill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QW
Received 13 Nov 20201 Corsend Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BP
Received 16 Nov 20203 Abbots Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3BN
Received 16 Nov 2020133B High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TD
Received 16 Nov 2020Woodbine Cottage Shaw Common Oxenhall Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RW
Received 16 Nov 20207 Primrose Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SF
Received 16 Nov 2020Winscombe Bromley Road Ellwood Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LZ
Received 16 Nov 2020Chickadee House Cockshoot Hill St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RL
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Off The Post Paddocks (within Rear Garden Of Orchards Lawn, Severn View Road) Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NP
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Off Clanna Road Alvington Gloucestershire
Received 18 Nov 2020Land Off Clanna Road Alvington Gloucestershire
Received 18 Nov 2020Roses Country Fayre 52 Ledbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DL
Received 18 Nov 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 18 Nov 202017 Tudor Walk Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AE
Received 19 Nov 2020The Gables Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 19 Nov 2020Lakers Playing Field Lakers Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 19 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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