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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.
7,141 approved · 739 refused · 427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Fir Villa Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QX
Received 4 Apr 20224 Campbell Road Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7BS
Received 4 Apr 2022Olde Kings Head High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 4 Apr 20226 Summerleaze Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PS
Received 4 Apr 2022George Hotel Stars Pitch Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BP
Received 4 Apr 20221 Rockleaze Wesley Road Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RE
Received 5 Apr 2022The Old Farm Barrel Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LR
Received 5 Apr 2022Barn At Beeches Farm 5 Grove Road Berry Hill Gloucestershire GL16 8QH
Received 1 Apr 20221 Woodside Cottage Main Road Rudford Gloucestershire GL2 8DS
Received 5 Apr 20221 Hawkwell Row Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9DE
Received 5 Apr 2022Plot 9 Covent Garden Drury Lane Redmarley D'abitot
Received 5 Apr 2022Tan House 33 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire
Received 1 Apr 2022Dursley Cross Cottage Dursley Cross Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0ND
Received 6 Apr 2022Rudford Lodge Church Lane Rudford Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8DT
Received 6 Apr 2022Highbury House Bream Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JH
Received 6 Apr 2022Woofield Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NJ
Received 6 Apr 2022Lypiatt House Blakeney Hill Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4BT
Received 6 Apr 2022Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 7 Apr 2022Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 7 Apr 2022Dart House Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AG
Received 7 Apr 2022Oak House Church Street St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Received 8 Apr 2022Elizabethan Cottage Church Street Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3NL
Received 8 Apr 2022Beddis Cottage Upper Road Pillowell Gloucestershire GL15 4QZ
Received 8 Apr 2022Land South Of Proberts Barn Lane Lydbrook Gloucestershire
Received 8 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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