Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,686 approved · 686 refused · 384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Elm Drive Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AG
Received 1 Mar 20211 Little Oaks Bell Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NT
Received 1 Mar 2021Coglan Cottage Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 1 Mar 2021Lower Ryecroft The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Received 1 Mar 2021Bamford House 1 Smithyman Court Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1SA
Received 1 Mar 2021Montrose Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 2 Mar 2021Red Lodge Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ
Received 2 Mar 202119 Foley Rise Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DW
Received 3 Mar 202119 Foley Rise Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DW
Received 3 Mar 2021Rose Cottage Beachley Road Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7HG
Received 3 Mar 2021Home Farm Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EE
Received 3 Mar 20218 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 3 Mar 202158 Buckshaft Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3AX
Received 3 Mar 2021Laurels Business Park Parkend Walk Sling Gloucestershire GL16 8JJ
Received 3 Mar 202110 Boundary Place Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RG
Received 4 Mar 2021Land At Quabbs House Quabbs Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JD
Received 4 Mar 202117 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AQ
Received 2 Mar 202148 Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8BW
Received 3 Mar 2021Junction Of Gloucester And Onslow Road Newent Gloucestershire
Received 3 Mar 2021Greenacres Barrel Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LR
Received 4 Mar 2021Wayside Upper Rodley Road Rodley Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QZ
Received 4 Mar 2021Rubbertech 2000 Limited Whimsey Industrial Estate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JA
Received 5 Mar 2021The Rustics Land At Welsh House Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LR
Received 5 Mar 2021Saycells Farm Much Marcle Ledbury HR8 2NP
Received 5 Mar 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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