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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.
6,676 approved · 684 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Raglan Cottage Stanford Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HS
Received 23 Feb 2021Durbridge House Durbridge Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LS
Received 23 Feb 202117 Bracken Drive Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AQ
Received 22 Feb 2021The Old Mill Farm Mill Mill Lane Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SH
Received 23 Feb 2021The Old Mill Farm Mill Mill Lane Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SH
Received 23 Feb 202124 Colchester Close Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JS
Received 23 Feb 202138 Speculation Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2YD
Received 23 Feb 2021Silverbourne Court Regent Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RJ
Received 23 Feb 2021Rosewell Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7PF
Received 23 Feb 202122 Colchester Close Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JS
Received 23 Feb 2021Land West Of Perrygrove Road Between Lambsquay House And Puzzlewood
Received 23 Feb 2021Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 23 Feb 2021Windyridge Chaxhill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QR
Received 23 Feb 2021Buchanans Recreation Ground Victoria Road Coleford GL16 8DS
Received 23 Feb 2021Land To The East Of Sheens Meadow (also Known As Quickset) Newnham-On-Severn GL14 1BP
Received 24 Feb 202116 Tudor Walk Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AE
Received 24 Feb 2021Spring Cottage Blaisdon Lane Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AL
Received 24 Feb 2021Latchen Land Off Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 24 Feb 2021Land At Over Old Road Hartpury GL19 3DH
Received 24 Feb 20212 Moys Hill Villas Strand Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PG
Received 24 Feb 2021Brookville Main Road Lower Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TR
Received 24 Feb 2021Former Dive In Bookshop Westbury On Severn GL14 1PA
Received 25 Feb 2021The Old Coach House Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8DZ
Received 25 Feb 2021Sweet Memories Trinity Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JR
Received 25 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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