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.
6,608 approved · 675 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Woodlands Reach Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EN
Received 4 Jan 2021Greenacres Camp Site Scowles Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QS
Received 5 Jan 202133 Lancaster Drive Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SJ
Received 5 Jan 202112 Tutnalls Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PF
Received 30 Dec 2020Stoneleigh May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 31 Dec 2020Land At Grasshopper Rise The Purples Coalway Gloucestershire GL16 7JL
Received 5 Jan 2021Land Adjoining Lydney Rugby Football Club Regent Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RN
Received 4 Jan 2021Land At Whimsey Industrial Estate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jan 2021Land At Mannings Farm High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jan 202119 Mushet Place Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8HS
Received 5 Jan 2021Etb (also Known As Lydney Car Centre) Hams Road Lydney GL15 5PE
Received 6 Jan 2021Rose Cottage Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 6 Jan 2021Applehurst Phillips Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NF
Received 6 Jan 2021Plot 3/3A Glebe Chapel Glebe Close Newent GL18 1BQ
Received 6 Jan 2021Constable House Mill Row Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NR
Received 6 Jan 2021Newent Community Centre Ross Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BD
Received 6 Jan 202110 Wynols Close Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RR
Received 5 Jan 2021Community Hospital Steam Mills Road Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 21 Dec 202020 Danby Close Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2RL
Received 7 Jan 20213 Kyrle Acre The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EP
Received 8 Jan 2021Garden Of 44 Coverham Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RD
Received 8 Jan 2021River Court Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EW
Received 23 Dec 20201 Kells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AB
Received 8 Jan 2021Rose Cottage Bream Road Whitepool St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TL
Received 11 Jan 2021Records 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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