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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.
6,718 approved · 690 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 15 Mar 2021Brook Farm Prince Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 15 Mar 202127 Birch Grove Tutshill Chepstow Gloucestershire NP16 7FH
Received 15 Mar 20218 Winter Crescent Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4BU
Received 15 Mar 2021Church Farm Mork Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QE
Received 15 Mar 2021Church Farm Mork Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QE
Received 15 Mar 20219 Meendhurst Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EF
Received 15 Mar 2021Baldwins Farm Mill Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NU
Received 16 Mar 2021Old Garden Bungalow Clanna Country Park Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6AN
Received 16 Mar 2021Bramley Cottage Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AF
Received 16 Mar 2021The Willows Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QZ
Received 15 Mar 2021Rock House Lower Road Soudley Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TZ
Received 16 Mar 2021Rosemont Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QF
Received 16 Mar 2021Redhill Farm (also Known As Land At) Bromsberrow Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JU
Received 17 Mar 2021The Willows Horsefair Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RG
Received 17 Mar 2021Greenfields Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EG
Received 16 Mar 202122 Littledean Hill Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BE
Received 17 Mar 2021Woodbourne Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LL
Received 17 Mar 202144 Coverham Road Berry Hill Gloucestershire
Received 16 Mar 2021Garages Adjacent To No 20 Phelps Way Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AU
Received 17 Mar 2021Cinderhill Farm Lower Cinder Hill St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QF
Received 17 Mar 2021Brook Farm Brook Lane Adsett Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NE
Received 18 Mar 202114 Milling Crescent Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DD
Received 17 Mar 202115 Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AS
Received 17 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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