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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.
7,048 approved · 732 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heron Cottage The Tufts Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HN
Received 2 Feb 2022The Old Post Office Malvern Road Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NT
Received 2 Feb 20223 Ross Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BD
Received 2 Feb 2022Hill Cottage Dean Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AB
Received 2 Feb 20224 High Street Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6BX
Received 3 Feb 2022Land Adjoining The Allotments Skateboard Park Buttington Road Sedbury NP16 7AN
Received 2 Feb 2022Magnolia Cottage Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton GL19 3QB
Received 3 Feb 202213 Abbots View Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3EG
Received 4 Feb 202232 Lawdley Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8SB
Received 4 Feb 2022Bromsberrow Sand & Gravel HR8 1PB
Received 2 Feb 2022Brooklands Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EH
Received 4 Feb 2022Daffodil Cottage Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BG
Received 4 Feb 20223 Lime Way Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7SQ
Received 7 Feb 2022Yew Tree Cottage Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 7 Feb 2022The Paddocks Orchard End Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QX
Received 7 Feb 2022Westbury Court Gardens Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PD
Received 7 Feb 2022Pitt House Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BG
Received 7 Feb 20228 Miles Cottages Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LY
Received 7 Feb 2022Land North Of Southend Lane Newent GL18 1JD
Received 8 Feb 2022Nupend House Clanna Lane Alvington GL15 6BD
Received 8 Feb 2022Land North Of St Marys Church Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 8 Feb 2022The Cottage Royal Oak Road The Pludds Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9UG
Received 8 Feb 2022Equestrian Centre Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 8 Feb 2022Belmont View Grange Court Road Adsett Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PL
Received 8 Feb 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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