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.
6,514 approved · 668 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjoining 14 Loop Road Beachley NP16 7HE
Received 18 Nov 2020Greencroft Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 19 Nov 2020Land South Of Heath Farm Bungalow Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3ND
Received 20 Nov 202011 Netherend Crescent Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NW
Received 20 Nov 2020Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1QY
Received 20 Nov 2020Cardinal Cottage Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1LD
Received 23 Nov 2020Two Ways Parkend Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TE
Received 23 Nov 2020Heart Of The Forest Community Special School Speech House Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EJ
Received 23 Nov 2020The Beeches 93 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DL
Received 23 Nov 2020Dymock Parish Hall Ledbury Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EG
Received 23 Nov 2020Land At Park Hill Woolaston Gloucester GL15 6PX
Received 24 Nov 2020Charter House Woodville Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AX
Received 24 Nov 2020Sacred Heart Chapel Grahamstown Road Sedbury Gloucestershire NP16 7AD
Received 24 Nov 2020Newent Lake Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire
Received 24 Nov 2020Little Garth Bell Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 25 Nov 2020Leadon Vale Farm Pauntley Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HZ
Received 25 Nov 2020Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 25 Nov 2020Orchard Lee Bishton Lane Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7LG
Received 26 Nov 20206 Westfield Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2QP
Received 25 Nov 2020Ridgeway Stantway Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QG
Received 26 Nov 2020Mayflower 4C Bowens Hill Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DL
Received 25 Nov 20204 Lower Cross Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LD
Received 26 Nov 2020Land Adjacent 6 Bowens Hill Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DU
Received 26 Nov 2020Land Adj No 4 Sedbury Lane Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7DU
Received 26 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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