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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.
6,758 approved · 697 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lilac Cottage (now Known As Bluestone House) Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BT
Received 13 Apr 2021Land At Paisley House Brockhollands Bream Gloucestershire
Received 13 Apr 2021Newent Community Centre Ross Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BD
Received 13 Apr 2021Beeches Farm Grove Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QH
Received 12 Apr 2021Harthill Grange Sandy Lane Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6XA
Received 13 Apr 202123 Park View Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7BE
Received 13 Apr 2021Lydney Methodist Church Springfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LT
Received 13 Apr 20212 Sunnyside Cottages Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LH
Received 13 Apr 2021Edens Hill Farm Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ED
Received 13 Apr 2021Park Cottage Miss Graces Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JR
Received 14 Apr 2021The Cottage Tewkesbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LG
Received 14 Apr 2021The Cottage Tewkesbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LG
Received 14 Apr 2021Shapridge Farm Church Lane Abenhall Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0DX
Received 14 Apr 2021Methodist Chapel Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AF
Received 15 Apr 20213 Deansway Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BJ
Received 15 Apr 2021Bream Sports Club High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JF
Received 12 Apr 2021Wades End Lower Farm Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AQ
Received 13 Apr 202176 Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5ST
Received 15 Apr 20211 Forsdene Walk Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7JZ
Received 15 Apr 2021Edoras Malvern Road Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NT
Received 15 Apr 2021Staunton Court Business Park Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 15 Apr 202110 - 10A High Street Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8HF
Received 16 Apr 2021Chandlers Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AT
Received 16 Apr 2021Treetops Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 16 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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