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.
6,557 approved · 671 refused · 369 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highbank Barn Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PD
Received 7 Dec 202010 Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AP
Received 7 Dec 202032 High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2SP
Received 7 Dec 20202 The Rocks Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AJ
Received 7 Dec 2020Land Off Beech Way Oak Way Littledean Gloucestershire
Received 7 Dec 2020Great Boulsdon Farm Great Boulsdon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JJ
Received 7 Dec 2020Ivydene Bridge Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JT
Received 7 Dec 2020Oakleigh Brierley Banks Brierley Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9DH
Received 8 Dec 202063 Tutnalls Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PG
Received 8 Dec 2020Drews Farm Bulley Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BQ
Received 7 Dec 2020Land At 5 Bath Place Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RR
Received 8 Dec 2020Newent Lake Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire
Received 8 Dec 2020Tan House 33 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire
Received 9 Dec 2020Rose House Bury Court Road Rodley Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1RD
Received 9 Dec 2020Bryncoed Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QX
Received 9 Dec 2020Griffins Farm Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AD
Received 8 Dec 2020Land To The North Of Oak Crest Stoney Road Kilcot Gloucestershire GL18 1PB
Received 9 Dec 2020Hazeldene Johnsons Way Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RZ
Received 9 Dec 2020Phoenix House Mill Hill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NN
Received 9 Dec 2020The Manse Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NG
Received 9 Dec 2020Land At Joyford Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 10 Dec 20201 Southall Terrace Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JT
Received 10 Dec 2020Home Cottage Forge Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QS
Received 8 Dec 202028 Tutnalls Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PG
Received 10 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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