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.
6,996 approved · 725 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bramblewood Grove Road Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QJ
Received 11 Nov 2021Kemerton House Old Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PF
Received 11 Nov 202128 Strawberry Hill Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LH
Received 11 Nov 2021Plusterwine Cottage Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PN
Received 12 Nov 2021Highfield Farm Durbridge Road Redmarley GL19 3LR
Received 12 Nov 202131 Kells Meend Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AD
Received 12 Nov 2021Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire
Received 12 Nov 2021White Horse Inn Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PA
Received 12 Nov 2021Alison House Barbers Bridge Rudford Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8DX
Received 15 Nov 202176 Church Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EA
Received 15 Nov 202171 Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 15 Nov 2021Land At Sneyd Wood Road Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 15 Nov 2021Little Brangwells Hawcross Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JQ
Received 15 Nov 2021Underhill Farm (Barn) Ruddle Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DS
Received 16 Nov 2021Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF
Received 16 Nov 2021Allotmants High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BZ
Received 16 Nov 20217 Duncastle Court Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6FF
Received 16 Nov 20211 Anchor House Station Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BB
Received 16 Nov 2021Alans Cottage Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 16 Nov 2021Chapel House Trinity Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LD
Received 17 Nov 202135 Ford House Road The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LQ
Received 17 Nov 2021Land To The South Of Cliff Farm Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ES
Received 17 Nov 202131 Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BG
Received 16 Nov 20219 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 17 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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