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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.
6,549 approved · 671 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jarretts Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AB
Received 2 Dec 2020Glendale Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 2 Dec 2020Glendale Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 2 Dec 20205 & 4 Tusculum Way Mitcheldean Gloucestershire
Received 2 Dec 2020Kents Green Farm Kents Green Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 2 Dec 2020Castleden Broadoak Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JA
Received 3 Dec 202031 Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SZ
Received 3 Dec 202017 Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SZ
Received 1 Dec 2020Pleasant View Woodside Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PA
Received 3 Dec 202018 High Nash Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8HN
Received 3 Dec 2020Albaida Bents Lane Ruardean Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AS
Received 3 Dec 2020Eastways Station Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DD
Received 4 Dec 202017 Council Villas Oakwood Road Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JH
Received 4 Dec 2020Brooklands Swagwater Lane Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7EB
Received 4 Dec 2020Cherry Tree Cottage Botloes Green Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DW
Received 4 Dec 2020Box Cottage Chapel Walk Edge End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EP
Received 4 Dec 2020Willowdene The Cross Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JU
Received 17 Nov 2020Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Received 17 Nov 2020The Old Rectory High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 17 Nov 2020Forest Lodge St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3ES
Received 4 Dec 2020Woodcroft Christian Centre Woodcroft Lane Woodcroft Chepstow NP16 7PZ
Received 4 Dec 2020Olde Kings Head High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 7 Dec 2020Olde Kings Head High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 7 Dec 2020Land At Coinros Nursery (also Known As Holiday Chalet) Clements End Gloucestershire GL16 8LN
Received 7 Dec 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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