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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.
6,663 approved · 683 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spring Hollow Western Way Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AU
Received 11 Feb 2021Sunny View Lower Meend St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RJ
Received 11 Feb 2021Woodcroft Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EA
Received 11 Feb 202126 Barleycorn Square Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LF
Received 11 Feb 2021The Old Butchers Arms Wesley Close Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 12 Feb 2021The Old Butchers Arms Wesley Close Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 12 Feb 2021Ley Park Wood Blaisdon Gloucestershire GL14 1LX
Received 12 Feb 2021Churcham House Main Road Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BP
Received 12 Feb 2021The Beeches (also Know As Land At Ormerod Road) Ormerod Road Sedbury
Received 12 Feb 202193 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DL
Received 12 Feb 20212 Birchamp House Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BH
Received 12 Feb 20213 The Row Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 12 Feb 2021Cross Hands Garage Cross Hands Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LH
Received 12 Feb 2021Woodville Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RB
Received 15 Feb 2021The Lodge Colne Mill Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AB
Received 15 Feb 2021Land North Of Dean Road Newnham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Feb 2021The Porch House Lower Cross Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JZ
Received 15 Feb 2021Three Ashes Care Home Ledbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DE
Received 15 Feb 2021Barn Adjoining Chapel Hill Barn Chapel Hill Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DF
Received 15 Feb 2021Mayhill Lodge Yartleton Lane May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0RF
Received 16 Feb 2021Golden Chains Dean Common Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0DP
Received 15 Feb 20214 Staunton House Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 16 Feb 2021Cobbs Cross Kings Green Berrow Malvern WR13 6AH
Received 16 Feb 2021The Barn Rock Farm Rock Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QJ
Received 15 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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