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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.
6,576 approved · 671 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Opposite 40 Sparrow Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 10 Dec 202024 Forest Vale Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PH
Received 10 Dec 2020Brick Barn Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NQ
Received 11 Dec 2020Plot 9 Covent Garden Drury Lane Redmarley Gloucester GL19 3LH
Received 11 Dec 2020Drews Farm Greenway Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2DX
Received 11 Dec 2020Barn At Wall Weir Miss Graces Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JB
Received 10 Dec 202031 Harold Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SD
Received 11 Dec 2020Brocote House Tinmans Green Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4NB
Received 14 Dec 2020Middle Forge Forest Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ET
Received 14 Dec 2020The New Inn Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LZ
Received 14 Dec 2020West View Stables (also Known As West View) Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 14 Dec 202035 Bracken Close Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AJ
Received 14 Dec 2020Heart Of The Forest Community Special School Speech House Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EJ
Received 14 Dec 2020Land At Former St Whites School St Whites Road Cinderford GL14 3DH
Received 14 Dec 2020The Laurels High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 15 Dec 2020Sheercliffe Coleford Road Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7JD
Received 15 Dec 2020Land Between Court Road & Peacock's Brook South Of Newent Lake Lakeside Newent Gloucestershire
Received 15 Dec 20204 Ross Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EQ
Received 15 Dec 2020Sandyridge Farm Pauntley Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HZ
Received 15 Dec 2020Land At Lilac Cottage Bromsberrow Heath
Received 15 Dec 2020Larksmead Graces Pitch Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SU
Received 10 Dec 202027 Severn View Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NP
Received 15 Dec 2020Dean Pool Court The Rocks Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JR
Received 16 Dec 2020Yard At Greenwood Farm Joyford Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AS Gloucestershire
Received 16 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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