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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.
7,036 approved · 729 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Coverham Road Berry Hill Coleford GL16 7RD
Received 18 Jan 2022High View High Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TD
Received 17 Jan 20221 Barton Court Gloucester Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AW
Received 18 Jan 20228 The Crescent Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LY
Received 18 Jan 2022Yew Tree Cottage Flaxley Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JR
Received 19 Jan 2022Rose Cottage Park Hill Lane The Chase Woolaston GL15 6PT
Received 19 Jan 2022Huntley Manor Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HQ
Received 18 Jan 2022Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 19 Jan 2022School House Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AT
Received 19 Jan 202215 Adams Way Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RQ
Received 20 Jan 202214 Adams Way Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RQ
Received 20 Jan 2022Woodlands Staunton Village Staunton GL16 8NU
Received 20 Jan 2022Galleons Reach Boughspring Lane Tidenham Chase NP16 7JJ
Received 21 Jan 2022Overton Farm Coldharbour Lane Oxenhall GL18 1DJ
Received 24 Jan 202247 Coomb Drive Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3ED
Received 24 Jan 2022Bojean Grange Court Road Adsett Westbury On Severn GL14 1PL
Received 24 Jan 2022The Temple Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 21 Jan 2022Aronda Blakeney Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4BN
Received 24 Jan 2022Unit 2 Lighthouse Trade Park Church Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5EN
Received 24 Jan 2022Spinners Crow Ash Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RB
Received 24 Jan 2022Forest Hills Golf Club Mile End Road Mile End GL16 7QD
Received 25 Jan 2022Land Off Highfield Road (Lydney B) Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5NA
Received 25 Jan 2022Lansdowne House Brookend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PW
Received 25 Jan 2022Annexe 28 Strawberry Hill Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LH
Received 26 Jan 2022Records 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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