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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.
6,896 approved · 710 refused · 401 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Upper Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DJ
Received 16 Jul 2021Woodland View Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 19 Jul 20212,4,7,9,18,20,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,38,42,43,45, 56,62,64 All Saints Road Blakeney Gloucestershire Forest Of Dean GL15 4DU
Received 19 Jul 2021Land Adjoining Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BN
Received 20 Jul 2021Churcham House Main Road Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BP
Received 20 Jul 2021Flossies Cottage Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LY
Received 20 Jul 2021Barns At Yew Tree Farm Main Road Huntley GL19 3EA
Received 20 Jul 2021Oak Barn Poulton Court Northwod Green Gloucester Westbury On Severn GL14 1NH
Received 20 Jul 20217 Causeway Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BU
Received 20 Jul 202146A High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2SX
Received 21 Jul 2021The Old Pyke Cottage Old Pike Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QJ
Received 21 Jul 2021The Old Cottage The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AJ
Received 22 Jul 2021Land At Vantage Point Business Village Mitcheldean GL17 0DD
Received 22 Jul 2021Little Allaston Farm Driffield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4EU
Received 20 Jul 2021Church Cottage The Causeway Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JS
Received 21 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To Hoarthorns Barn Hoarthorn Road Edge End Coleford GL16 7EY
Received 22 Jul 2021The Priory Proberts Barn Lane Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NE
Received 23 Jul 2021The Old School House High Street Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4EB
Received 22 Jul 2021Riverside Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BH
Received 23 Jul 2021Forge Farm Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AP
Received 23 Jul 2021Miles Merchants High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JF
Received 23 Jul 2021Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire
Received 23 Jul 20211 John Hale Close Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6LT
Received 26 Jul 2021Hazeldine Cottage Bromsberrow Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JU
Received 23 Jul 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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