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.
6,949 approved · 719 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Barrowell Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TP
Received 5 Aug 2021Owen Farm Staunton Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QR
Received 5 Aug 2021Puffs Alley Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 2021Maple Cottage Ryelands Lane Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EP
Received 6 Aug 2021Brookhouse Woodland Close Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4PL
Received 6 Aug 2021Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 6 Aug 20213 Dean View Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3EE
Received 6 Aug 2021Cherry Tree View Grange Lane Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NJ
Received 6 Aug 2021Granary Barn Stroat Farm Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LR
Received 6 Aug 2021Granary Barn Stroat Farm Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LR
Received 6 Aug 20211 Dukes Close Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7SB
Received 6 Aug 2021Rock Cottage Hawker Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BS
Received 9 Aug 202111 Old Dean Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BQ
Received 9 Aug 2021Broadwell AFC Poolway Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7BE
Received 9 Aug 2021New Vicarage Halls Of Residence Hartpury University & College Hartpury Gloucester GL19 3BE
Received 10 Aug 2021Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 10 Aug 2021Rose Hill Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EF
Received 10 Aug 20215 Mill Row Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NR
Received 10 Aug 2021Middleton Hall Woolaston Grange Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PP
Received 10 Aug 2021Land Opposite 40 Sparrow Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AT
Received 10 Aug 2021Cramond Beachley Road Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EQ
Received 11 Aug 2021Stables Hobbs Lane Dursley Cross Longhope Glos GL17 OND
Received 9 Aug 202115 Market Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2RT
Received 10 Aug 2021Land North Of Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire
Received 11 Aug 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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