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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.
6,736 approved · 692 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Primrose Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SW
Received 30 Mar 2021Waterloo Colliery Nr Mireystock Tunnel Nr Lydbrook
Received 26 Mar 2021Bream Cross Farm Coleford Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EU
Received 30 Mar 2021Carswalls Cottage Tewkesbury Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ED
Received 30 Mar 20212 Stafford Close Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DX
Received 30 Mar 2021Stone End Farm Church Lane Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BX
Received 30 Mar 2021Impney Forty Green Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SL
Received 31 Mar 2021Land At The Willows (Also Known As Sirocco) Horsefair Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 31 Mar 202124 Oak Way Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 31 Mar 2021St John The Baptist Church High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 30 Mar 20217 Little Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 30 Mar 2021Hope Farm Cross Keys St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TH
Received 31 Mar 2021Scratter Mill Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EF
Received 31 Mar 20218 Octavia Place Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5NX
Received 1 Apr 2021Vell Mill Ryton Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2DG
Received 1 Apr 2021Wintles Hill House Wintles Hill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QB
Received 1 Apr 2021Wintles Hill House Wintles Hill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QB
Received 1 Apr 2021Crabbs Well Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ
Received 1 Apr 2021The Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL17 0PS
Received 1 Apr 202115 Albert Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LU
Received 1 Apr 2021Apple Tree Cottage Coopers Road Christchurch Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AL
Received 2 Apr 2021Farne Aston Stowfield Road Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NJ
Received 2 Apr 2021Land At Brook Vale House Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LQ
Received 2 Apr 2021Yew Tree Cottage Birches Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DN
Received 5 Apr 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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