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.
6,991 approved · 725 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tree Tops Yartleton Lane May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NR
Received 27 Oct 2021Blossomfield Gardens Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AA
Received 2 Nov 2021Land Off The Common Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NU
Received 2 Nov 2021The Orchards Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BG
Received 4 Nov 2021The Flaxley Estate Flaxley Newnham GL14 1JR
Received 5 Nov 20213 Severn Avenue Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EF
Received 5 Nov 20212 Peacock Close Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RD
Received 5 Nov 2021The Porch House Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 8 Nov 2021The Porch House Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 8 Nov 20211 Buttington Road Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7AN
Received 8 Nov 2021Primrose Cottage Blackwells End Hartpury GL19 3DB
Received 8 Nov 2021Barn Off Goose Lane Bollow Gloucestershire
Received 5 Nov 2021Overbrook Garage Drybrook Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JJ
Received 8 Nov 2021Land To The Rear Of Stanley House 3/57 Drews Farm To Windcross Farm Tillers Green Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AP
Received 8 Nov 2021The Yard Chapel Farm Hudnalls Loop Road St Briavels Common GL15 6SG
Received 8 Nov 2021Charlottes Farm Chapel Lane Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AR
Received 8 Nov 2021Paunt House Cottage Adjacent To Paunt House Farm Off B4125 Glos GL18 1LR
Received 9 Nov 2021Northern Star Ledbury Road Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QB
Received 9 Nov 2021Woolaston Methodist Church Woolaston Common Woolaston Gloucestershire GL15 6NT
Received 9 Nov 2021Broadstone Park (now Known As Fieldfare Barn) Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PB
Received 10 Nov 202117 High Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0AT
Received 10 Nov 2021Land South Of Tillis View Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 10 Nov 2021Ferrybank House Brightlands Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AG
Received 10 Nov 2021Land Off Sedbury Lane Sedbury
Received 10 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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