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.
6,955 approved · 719 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Deridene Ledbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DE
Received 20 Aug 20211 Moat Lane Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QG
Received 20 Aug 2021Kingslow Barn Kings Green Berrow WR13 6AQ
Received 19 Aug 2021Recreation Ground Coleford Road Tutshill NP16 7BN
Received 20 Aug 2021Double Barn Stowe Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SY
Received 23 Aug 2021Double Barn Stowe Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SY
Received 23 Aug 2021Buck Farm Oridge Street Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DA
Received 23 Aug 2021Wellmeadow Bungalow Lydney Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EN
Received 25 Aug 2021Land At Heath Farm Ledbury Road Redmarley Gloucestershire
Received 25 Aug 2021Church Farm Mork Lane St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QE
Received 25 Aug 2021Lodge Walk Park Hill Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4PQ
Received 25 Aug 2021Former Jd Norman Foundry Tutnalls Street Lydney GL15 5PX
Received 25 Aug 2021Poplars Farm Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AB
Received 26 Aug 202139 Forest Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LE
Received 24 Aug 202129 Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5ND
Received 26 Aug 2021Marfells View Brierley Road Ruardean Woodside Gloucestershire GL17 9XP
Received 25 Aug 2021Five Acres Farm House Lower Lane Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QN
Received 25 Aug 2021Marshalls Meadow Kews Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1GH
Received 26 Aug 20218A Station Terrace Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LD
Received 27 Aug 20211 Clay Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7GB
Received 27 Aug 202121 Trinity Way Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2RD
Received 30 Aug 202153 Woodside Avenue Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DR
Received 30 Aug 202153 Woodside Avenue Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DR
Received 30 Aug 2021Brockweir Moravian Church Brockweir NP16 7NG
Received 30 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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