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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.
6,752 approved · 694 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Malswick Adjacent B4215 Newent Gloucestershire
Received 8 Apr 202129 Barnhill Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EE
Received 8 Apr 2021The Roost Glamping Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EE
Received 9 Apr 2021Gideon Chapel The Common St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6SG
Received 9 Apr 2021Land At The Homestead Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 9 Apr 2021Bazaar Nine Wells Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AT
Received 9 Apr 2021Trioscape Garden Centre Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HQ
Received 9 Apr 2021Land Adjacent Southerns Barn Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JD
Received 9 Apr 202115 Council Villas Oakwood Road Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JH
Received 9 Apr 2021Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QD
Received 9 Apr 2021Oakview Parkend Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JX
Received 9 Apr 202117 High Beech Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JH
Received 12 Apr 2021Willow Cottage Little Drybrook Clements End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LP
Received 12 Apr 2021Knights Cottage Woodside Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PD
Received 12 Apr 2021Byefield Quabbs Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JD
Received 12 Apr 2021Pauntley Place Pauntley Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JA
Received 12 Apr 2021Pauntley Place Pauntley Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JA
Received 12 Apr 2021Pauntley Place Pauntley Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JA
Received 12 Apr 202118 Perch Drive Mile End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DG
Received 12 Apr 2021The Old Shoe Shop (Also Known As The Boot Shop) East Street St Briavels GL15 6TG
Received 12 Apr 202161 Church Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5EH
Received 12 Apr 2021Roslyn Marcle Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AR
Received 12 Apr 2021Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Received 12 Apr 202138 Sneyd Wood Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3GD
Received 13 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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