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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.
6,638 approved · 680 refused · 380 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Upham Leddington Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EL
Received 28 Jan 2021Plaisters Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 29 Jan 2021Apothecary House Corse Grange Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 29 Jan 202144 Birchwood Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PE
Received 27 Jan 2021Barn Cottage Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AX
Received 29 Jan 2021Plaisters Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 29 Jan 2021Limetree Cottage Taynton Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AQ
Received 28 Jan 2021Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jan 2021Land Off Ryelands Road Bream Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jan 2021Grange Cottage Four Oaks Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LU
Received 29 Jan 2021Wood Hill Farm Upper Rodley Road Rodley Gloucestershire GL14 1QZ
Received 29 Jan 20216 The Crescent Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LY
Received 29 Jan 202118 Worcester Walk Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DL
Received 1 Feb 202131 - 33 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AQ
Received 1 Feb 202131 - 33 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AQ
Received 1 Feb 2021Glengarth Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JT
Received 1 Feb 2021Little Garth Velthouse Lane Blaisdon Gloucestershire GL17 0AG
Received 28 Jan 2021Manchester House Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DP
Received 28 Jan 2021The Steps Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 1 Feb 202144 Park Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AG
Received 1 Feb 202140 Woodland Rise Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LJ
Received 2 Feb 2021Callow Hill Farmhouse Brand Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JE
Received 2 Feb 2021Jessamine Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 2 Feb 2021Longmynd Main Rd Minsterworth Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8JX
Received 2 Feb 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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