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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.
6,972 approved · 721 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Birds Orchard Cottage Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7PE
Received 21 Sept 2021Langdons High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BE
Received 21 Sept 2021Land At Saunders Green Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4PN
Received 21 Sept 202120 Clanna Country Park Clanna Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AN
Received 22 Sept 202114 Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 22 Sept 202114 Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 22 Sept 202114 Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 22 Sept 20211 The Orchards Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PZ
Received 22 Sept 2021Monks Spout Cottage Glasshouse Hill May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NN
Received 23 Sept 2021Monks Spout Cottage Glasshouse Hill May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NN
Received 23 Sept 2021Land Adjacent To Gregory Farm Brockweir NP16 7NG
Received 23 Sept 2021Land At Rear Of 22 Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DH
Received 23 Sept 2021Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire
Received 23 Sept 2021Southview Bungalow Wood Edge Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LF
Received 24 Sept 2021Stone End House The Reddings Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9ST
Received 24 Sept 202112 Silver Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BZ
Received 24 Sept 202113 Roman Way Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8RN
Received 24 Sept 202114 Ash Way Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QA
Received 24 Sept 2021Palmers Ketford Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BL
Received 27 Sept 2021Aylesmore Court St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UQ
Received 27 Sept 2021Aylesmore Court St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UQ
Received 27 Sept 2021Ovillo Cottage Cinderford Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AZ
Received 27 Sept 2021Rocks Bungalow The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE
Received 27 Sept 20214 Woodcroft Terrace Woodcroft Chepstow Gloucestershire NP16 7QA
Received 27 Sept 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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