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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.
6,743 approved · 694 refused · 386 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wolverton Prince Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 5 Apr 2021Ford Farm Bungalow Ford Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NW
Received 5 Apr 2021The Mill House Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AH
Received 6 Apr 2021The Northern Quarter Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3FF
Received 6 Apr 2021The Northern Quarter Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3FF
Received 6 Apr 2021Stanley Lodge Blaisdon Lane Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AL
Received 6 Apr 2021Timberhill Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BG
Received 6 Apr 2021Everess Farm Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 6 Apr 2021Land At Boxbush Farm Upper Rodley Road Rodley Gloucestershire
Received 6 Apr 202188 Church Road (Also Known As Proposed Dwelling Adj 3 Stockwell Green) Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3EH
Received 6 Apr 2021Mannings Farm High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EX
Received 6 Apr 2021Sculpture Beechenhurst Lodge Speech House Road Broadwell Gloucestershire
Received 7 Apr 2021Lyndale Marsh Hill Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JW
Received 7 Apr 2021Bovone Farm Bovone Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8EA
Received 7 Apr 2021Land Opposite Yorkley Court Gate Lydney Road Yorkley Gloucestershire GL15 4TZ
Received 7 Apr 202117 Greenways Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HY
Received 6 Apr 2021Hartpury Mill Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 6 Apr 2021The Coppett Forge Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QS
Received 7 Apr 2021Hill Cottage Dean Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AB
Received 7 Apr 2021Medina Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NJ
Received 7 Apr 20212 Harts Farm Stud Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 7 Apr 20213 Farmers Boy Cottages Ross Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LP
Received 8 Apr 20213 Greenhill Close Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PU
Received 8 Apr 2021The Old Orchard The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 8 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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