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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.
7,147 approved · 740 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The Rear Of 33 St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DD
Received 8 Apr 202280 Templeway West Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JD
Received 8 Apr 2022Cherry Orchard Farm Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NP
Received 11 Apr 2022Whitehall Farm, Barn Whitehall Lane Rudford Gloucestershire GL2 8ED
Received 11 Apr 2022The Oaks Broad Street Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3JS
Received 11 Apr 2022Fox Cottage The Green Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 11 Apr 202219 Victoria Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DR
Received 11 Apr 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 11 Apr 2022St Michaels And All Angels Church High Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HN
Received 11 Apr 2022Hill Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 8 Apr 2022Windrush House 7 Grange Close Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Received 12 Apr 2022Chaxhill Garage Chaxhill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QW
Received 12 Apr 2022Locquiers Farm Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HQ
Received 12 Apr 2022Land Adjoining Dene Vista Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Gloucestershire
Received 13 Apr 2022Delamere Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1LE
Received 13 Apr 2022Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 13 Apr 2022Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 13 Apr 202224-25 Market Place Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AE
Received 13 Apr 2022Severn View Cottage Red Barn Pound Farm Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JG
Received 13 Apr 2022Land Off Lime Street Eldersfield Gloucestershire GL19 4NE
Received 14 Apr 2022Hunters Gate 68A Grove Road Christchurch Gloucestershire GL16 7AF
Received 19 Apr 202212 The Barracks Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4HR
Received 19 Apr 202210 Madocke Road Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7AY
Received 13 Apr 202226 Tinmans Green Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4NB
Received 19 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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