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.
7,116 approved · 736 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 The Barracks Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4HR
Received 14 Mar 2022Boughcliff House Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JN
Received 14 Mar 2022Barns At Yew Tree Farm Main Road Huntley GL19 3EA
Received 14 Mar 2022Windy Ridge High Street Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9EU
Received 11 Mar 2022Briery Lodge Briery Hill Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NH
Received 15 Mar 2022Barn Off Goose Lane Bollow Gloucestershire
Received 13 Mar 2022Furnace Barn Furnace Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DD
Received 14 Mar 2022Landfall High Street Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JS
Received 16 Mar 202218 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 16 Mar 2022Glebelands Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BW
Received 15 Mar 2022Old Tramway Bridge Brockweir Farm Glos NP16 6SE
Received 16 Mar 2022The Willows Main Road Pillowell Gloucestershire GL15 4QX
Received 17 Mar 2022Moorlands Hazel Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9HR
Received 17 Mar 2022Burnside Cottage Boulsdon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JH
Received 17 Mar 2022Meadow Bank Deans Walk Harrow Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9JU
Received 17 Mar 2022Rocks Bungalow The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SE
Received 18 Mar 20224 Forest Close Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PG
Received 18 Mar 2022Land To The South Of Murrells End Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 17 Mar 2022Aubreys Farm Albright Lane Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1RZ
Received 18 Mar 2022Chapel Lane Cottage Coach Road Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4LX
Received 18 Mar 2022Rose Cottage Scowles Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QT
Received 21 Mar 2022Eastridge Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EF
Received 21 Mar 2022Hillcrest South Bank Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UT
Received 21 Mar 2022Annexe 28 Strawberry Hill Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LH
Received 21 Mar 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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