Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,783 approved · 697 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Springfield Drive Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TE
Received 11 May 2021Land North Of Lower Lane Berry Hill Gloucestershire
Received 11 May 2021Sunnyview Cottage Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JR
Received 11 May 2021Little Hagloe Barn Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AY
Received 11 May 2021The Old Viaduct Store Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NW
Received 11 May 20219 Prospect Close Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DB
Received 12 May 2021Lydney Car Centre Newerne Street Lydney GL15 5RF
Received 12 May 2021The Grain Barn Murrells End Redmarley Gloucestershire
Received 12 May 2021The Homestead Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 12 May 2021Land Adjoining Rock Meadow Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3FA
Received 12 May 2021Wood Hill Farm Upper Rodley Road Rodley Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QZ
Received 12 May 2021Loch Ryan House Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8EB
Received 12 May 2021Jindabyne Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0ET
Received 11 May 2021Churcham House Main Road Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BP
Received 13 May 2021Brays Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EP
Received 6 May 2021Deanhurst Woodgate Road Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QL
Received 14 May 2021Colne Brook Barn Colne Mill Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AB
Received 14 May 202119 Dean Court Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5TD
Received 13 May 2021Hunters Lodge Driffield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LJ
Received 14 May 2021Brick House Bicknor Street Joyford Coleford GL16 7PH
Received 17 May 202124 Wirewood Crescent Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7BZ
Received 17 May 20211 The Cottages Woodland View Newham Bottom Ruardean Woodside GL17 9UB
Received 17 May 2021May Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 17 May 2021Normanby Old Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PF
Received 17 May 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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