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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.
6,793 approved · 700 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 John Hale Close Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6LT
Received 24 May 2021Ferndale Hillersland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NY
Received 24 May 2021Pump House Conigree Road Newent Glos GL18 1NF
Received 21 May 2021The Beeches (Also Known As Land At Ormerod Road) Ormerod Road Sedbury
Received 24 May 2021The Old Post House Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HS
Received 20 May 20219 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 24 May 20219 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 24 May 2021Hawthorn Cottage Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RD
Received 24 May 2021The Coffee Shop 1 High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JE
Received 24 May 2021Leaf Creative Design Ltd Huntley Plant Centre Ross Road Huntley Gloucester GL19 3EX
Received 24 May 2021Sacksfield Farm Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 25 May 2021Church Farm Farmhouse Church Lane Abenhall Mitcheldean GL17 0DX
Received 25 May 2021Church Farm Farmhouse Church Lane Abenhall Mitcheldean GL17 0DX
Received 25 May 2021Woodland Improvements And Conservation Ltd Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HQ
Received 25 May 20216 Castleford Gardens Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7LF
Received 25 May 2021Millend House (Also Known As 1 Mill End House) Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 25 May 2021The Barns Pingry Lane Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QD
Received 25 May 202129 Oak Way Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 25 May 2021Tel Mandhar Beach Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury Gloucestershire HR8 1PQ
Received 26 May 2021Hazeldene Old Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PF
Received 26 May 2021Sunningdale Crown Lane Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TP
Received 26 May 2021Land North Of Lower Lane Berry Hill Gloucestershire
Received 26 May 2021West Wing Compton House Compton Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JB
Received 26 May 2021Moat House High Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TA
Received 26 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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