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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.
6,671 approved · 684 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Rock Farm Rock Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QJ
Received 15 Feb 2021Gardens Of Rock House & Bryn Mawr St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 17 Feb 2021Hillside Cottage Worrall Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QF
Received 17 Feb 2021Garden Of Rosevale Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LQ
Received 16 Feb 2021Hillview House Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HG
Received 17 Feb 202114 The Hawthorns Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5BX
Received 17 Feb 2021Orchard Cottage Rodley Court Road Rodley Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1RA
Received 18 Feb 2021Fir Tree House Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AJ
Received 18 Feb 2021Farmstead Adjacent To Lonehead Little London Longhope Gloucestershire
Received 17 Feb 2021Eaglesfield 84 Primrose Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SP
Received 18 Feb 2021Treelands Gloucester Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EJ
Received 19 Feb 2021Fibre Cabin And Generator Nursehill Wood The Purlieu Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 19 Feb 2021Lydney Car Centre Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RF
Received 19 Feb 2021Aveling Cottage Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NT
Received 19 Feb 202121A St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DB
Received 22 Feb 2021Larks Rise Redmarley Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DR
Received 22 Feb 20211 East View Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DG
Received 22 Feb 2021Barn Off Blaisdon Lane Longhope Gloucestershire Blaisdon GL17 0AH
Received 22 Feb 20213 Bracelands Drive Christchurch Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NN
Received 22 Feb 202144 Greenfield Road Joys Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9RE
Received 22 Feb 2021Land Opposite Kilcott Inn Gorsley
Received 22 Feb 202114 Valley Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PD
Received 22 Feb 2021Mill Cottage Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 19 Feb 2021Lower Carterspiece Farm Carterspiece English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7ER
Received 22 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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