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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.
6,800 approved · 702 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moat House High Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TA
Received 26 May 202197 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DL
Received 26 May 2021Red Lodge Red Lodge Lane Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NQ
Received 26 May 2021Land At Treetops Old Monmouth Road Longhope GL17 0NZ
Received 26 May 2021Redhill Cottage Bromsberrow Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JU
Received 24 May 2021Jasmine Villa High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EH
Received 27 May 2021Oaklands Farm Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NA
Received 27 May 2021Oak Barn Poulton Court Farm Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NH
Received 27 May 2021The Old Fruit Stall Hartland Hill Minsterworth Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8JY
Received 27 May 202110 Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DJ
Received 28 May 2021Bream Cenotaph High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 27 May 2021Rosecroft 12 Forest Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LB
Received 27 May 2021Glebe House Parkend Walk Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7JS
Received 28 May 2021New Dwelling (also Known As Land At The Cottage) Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 28 May 20211 Belmont Terrace Stenders Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JD
Received 31 May 2021Oakdale House Furnace Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DD
Received 31 May 2021Rose Cottage Upper Etloe Nr Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AS
Received 27 May 2021Berry Hill Farm The Gorse Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QE
Received 28 May 2021Annalan 5 Slade Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4SG
Received 1 Jun 202131 Springfield Drive Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TE
Received 1 Jun 2021Bayview Park Hill Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4PQ
Received 1 Jun 2021Hopewell Barn Bailey Lane Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6XE
Received 1 Jun 2021Five Acres Campus Beech Avenue Five Acres Coleford GL16 7JT
Received 2 Jun 2021Lavender Cottage Bridge Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JT
Received 3 Jun 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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