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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.
6,633 approved · 680 refused · 377 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watery Farm Nine Wells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 25 Jan 2021Primrose Cottage Upper Soudley Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TY
Received 25 Jan 202126 Sandford Road Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DP
Received 26 Jan 202110A Causeway Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BY
Received 26 Jan 20213 Watchtower Way Tutshill Chepstow Gloucestershire NP16 7FG
Received 26 Jan 2021Land Ajdacent14 (12B Plot 1) Causeway Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2QX
Received 22 Jan 20214 Back Lane Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BU
Received 26 Jan 202110 Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LN
Received 26 Jan 2021Little Bull Hill Kempley Road Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7EF
Received 27 Jan 2021Glenview Marsh Hill Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JW
Received 27 Jan 2021Yew Tree Cottage Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7JF
Received 27 Jan 2021Angus Buchanans Recreation Ground Victoria Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DS
Received 18 Jan 2021Forge Farm Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AP
Received 25 Jan 2021Atlantic House Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JL
Received 27 Jan 2021Five Acres School Crescent Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RE
Received 27 Jan 20212 Peacock Close Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RD
Received 27 Jan 2021Beechwood House Rodley Road Rodley Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1RE
Received 27 Jan 2021Stone End Farm Main Road Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AA
Received 27 Jan 202180 Templeway West Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JD
Received 27 Jan 2021Land Adjacent To Syringa Grange Court Lane Huntley Gloucester GL19 3DT
Received 28 Jan 2021Bream Cricket Club High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JF
Received 28 Jan 2021Laurel Cottage Kempley Green Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BW
Received 28 Jan 20212 The Bramleys Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QP
Received 28 Jan 2021Cackleberries Over Old Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BJ
Received 28 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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