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.
7,065 approved · 734 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn To The East Of Green Croft Farm Taynton GL19 3AN
Received 8 Feb 20221 Veldt House Cottages Preston Cross Ledbury HR8 2ND
Received 7 Feb 202210A Bilson Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LJ
Received 8 Feb 2022Broadstone Farm Staunton Road Staunton Coleford GL16 8PB
Received 8 Feb 2022Kyla Tufthorn Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PY
Received 9 Feb 2022Memorial Hall Netherend Crescent Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SU
Received 9 Feb 202224 Church Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5ED
Received 9 Feb 2022The Croft Chessgrove Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QJ
Received 7 Feb 20221A Perch Drive Mile End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DG
Received 8 Feb 2022Pear Tree Cottage Causeway Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JS
Received 8 Feb 2022Pochar House (Also Known As Land At Fairbank) Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LL
Received 8 Feb 2022Bryn Derw Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RA
Received 8 Feb 202231 Compton Close Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RP
Received 10 Feb 2022Kingsweir Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 10 Feb 202223 Primrose Drive Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PU
Received 10 Feb 20227 School Crescent Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5TA
Received 10 Feb 2022Plot 1 & 2 The Old Sawmills The Tufts Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HL
Received 9 Feb 2022Hewelsfield Court Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UL
Received 11 Feb 2022Land Adjoining Longhope Road Huntley
Received 10 Feb 2022Robins Nest Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EF
Received 11 Feb 2022Lydney Harbour Harbour Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ER
Received 11 Feb 2022Roundabout Lydney Glos
Received 11 Feb 2022Fairtide Centre Naas Lane Lydney GL15 5AT
Received 11 Feb 2022Drews Farm Taynton Lane Taynton Gloucester GL19 3AN
Received 14 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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