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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.
6,729 approved · 692 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cedarholm School Crescent Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RE
Received 11 Mar 2021Brooklyn House Bailey Hill Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RP
Received 18 Mar 2021High View Joyford Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AH
Received 19 Mar 20212 Upstream Cottages Flaxley Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EB
Received 22 Mar 20212 Murrells Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PL
Received 22 Mar 2021Oak Tree Villa Gloucester Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EH
Received 22 Mar 2021Field At Top Of Danford Lane 1 Danford Lane Hartpury GL19 3BS
Received 22 Mar 2021Stonethwaite Kempley Green Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BW
Received 22 Mar 2021Copelands Cottage Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QA
Received 22 Mar 2021Plusterwine Farm Station Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PN
Received 22 Mar 2021Sunlight Old Pike Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QN
Received 23 Mar 2021Court Farm Broad Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JT
Received 23 Mar 2021Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 23 Mar 20213 Grove Park Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SS
Received 24 Mar 2021Rocks Bungalow The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE
Received 24 Mar 2021Yew Tree Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RD
Received 24 Mar 2021The Veldt House Preston Cross Ledbury HR8 2LJ
Received 23 Mar 2021Clumber House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 25 Mar 2021George Inn High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 25 Mar 2021Cross Keys Cottage East Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TQ
Received 25 Mar 2021The Vicarage Yorkley Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4HL
Received 25 Mar 2021The Vicarage Yorkley Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4HL
Received 25 Mar 202110 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BX
Received 25 Mar 2021Oak Cottage Sun Green Close Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JA
Received 25 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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