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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.
7,132 approved · 738 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunnymead Stockwell Green Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EH
Received 25 Mar 2022High Trees Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 9 Mar 2022Rodmore Lodge Rodmore Farm St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QZ
Received 25 Mar 2022Owen Farm Staunton Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QR
Received 25 Mar 2022Watersmeet House (Also Known As Rose Cottage) Beachley Chepstow NP16 7HG
Received 28 Mar 2022Well Cottage 28 Hasfield Road Hasfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 4LL
Received 29 Mar 2022Broadmoor Park, Units 7 - 8 Broadmoor Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2YF
Received 29 Mar 202224 Worrall Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QE
Received 28 Mar 2022Brooklyn Cottage Awre Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA
Received 25 Mar 2022Tintern View (Also Known As Land To The North Of) Hollywell Lane Brockweir Gloucestershire NP16 7PJ
Received 30 Mar 2022Little Oaklands Farm Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NA
Received 30 Mar 2022Dean Cottage Morse Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AT
Received 30 Mar 2022Tan House Laundry Lane Newland Gloucestershire GL16 8NQ
Received 30 Mar 2022Tan House Laundry Lane Newland Gloucestershire GL16 8NQ
Received 30 Mar 2022Oaklands Farm Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NA
Received 29 Mar 2022Little Bishton Bishton Lane Tidenham Chepstow Gloucestershire NP16 7LG
Received 30 Mar 2022Railway Tavern Station Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LG
Received 31 Mar 2022The Malthouse On Land At 33 High Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5DP
Received 30 Mar 2022Beechwood House Springfields Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BW
Received 31 Mar 20221A/1B Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3AN
Received 31 Mar 2022Hartpury College & University Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 31 Mar 2022Proposed Car Park Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 31 Mar 20222 Willowdene Drybrook Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JJ
Received 31 Mar 2022Windywell Station Road Woolaston Gloucestershire GL15 6PN
Received 4 Apr 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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