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.
6,990 approved · 725 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakleigh Brierley Banks Brierley Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9DH
Received 25 Oct 2021Latchen Land Off Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 25 Oct 2021Victoria House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 25 Oct 2021Victoria House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AA
Received 25 Oct 2021Paddock End Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 26 Oct 2021Adsett Farm Adsett Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PQ
Received 26 Oct 2021Lime Grove Compton Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JB
Received 26 Oct 202185 Oak Way Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 26 Oct 2021The Rag Cottage Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BH
Received 28 Oct 20214 Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 29 Oct 2021Land To The West Of Rodley Manor Way Highfield Road Lydney
Received 28 Oct 2021Rose Cottage Pool Hill Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LL
Received 29 Oct 2021The Roost Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EE
Received 29 Oct 2021Northington Lane Awre GL14 1EL
Received 29 Oct 2021Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 29 Oct 2021The Glades Edens Hill Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EE
Received 29 Oct 2021Lower Berry Hill Dns Lower Berry Lane Berry Hill Coleford GL16 8QQ
Received 1 Nov 2021Upper Viney Farmhouse Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LT
Received 1 Nov 2021Rosedene Bungalow Parkend Walk Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7JS
Received 29 Oct 2021New Dwelling (also Known As Land At The Cottage) Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 1 Nov 2021The Haven Park Gate Redmarley GL19 3NH
Received 1 Nov 20217 Forest Parade Forest Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LA
Received 1 Nov 2021Eastbach Farmhouse Eastbach English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EU
Received 2 Nov 2021Agricultural Building Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire
Received 2 Nov 2021Records 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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