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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.
7,072 approved · 734 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rivendell Brecon Way Edge End Coleford GL16 7EW
Received 14 Feb 2022Fairview Cottage Link Road Pillowell GL15 4QY
Received 14 Feb 2022Prospect House Main Road Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3EA
Received 14 Feb 2022Land Between Coach Road And Tinmans Green Coach Road Redbrook
Received 14 Feb 2022Land At Laddin Farm Preston Cross Ledbury HR8 2LL
Received 15 Feb 2022Clanna Gardens House Clanna Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AJ
Received 15 Feb 2022The Woodlands Squires Road Hangerberry Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QL
Received 14 Feb 2022Dean Common Farm Dean Common Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0DP
Received 14 Feb 202218 Upper Common Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DQ
Received 15 Feb 202218 Upper Common Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DQ
Received 15 Feb 2022Wintles Hill House Wintles Hill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QB
Received 16 Feb 2022Wintles Hill House Wintles Hill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QB
Received 16 Feb 2022Orchard Cottage Newland Street Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NA
Received 16 Feb 2022Heathers The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 14 Feb 202214 Bradley Court Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0SF
Received 17 Feb 2022Cherry Tree Cottage Botloes Green Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DW
Received 18 Feb 202256 Littledean Hill Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BJ
Received 18 Feb 2022249 Foley Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ST
Received 18 Feb 2022Land At The Purlieu Near Blakeney Lydney
Received 18 Feb 202271 North Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7BX
Received 18 Feb 2022Hillend Cottage Hillend Green Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LT
Received 18 Feb 2022Land Adjacent To The Elms Staunton Coleford
Received 18 Feb 202211 Bradfords Close Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QW
Received 21 Feb 2022Rose Cottage Church Walk Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NY
Received 21 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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