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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.
7,150 approved · 743 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 The Breezes Lydney Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EW
Received 19 Apr 20225 Windsor Drive Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SX
Received 19 Apr 2022Walkers Farm Corse Gloucester GL19 3RL
Received 19 Apr 202223 Church Way Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DT
Received 20 Apr 2022Bream Rugby Social Club High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JE
Received 20 Apr 2022The Byways Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 20 Apr 2022Ardath Upper Road Pillowell Gloucestershire GL15 4RA
Received 21 Apr 2022Tibbs Cross Farm Tibbs Cross Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LJ
Received 21 Apr 2022Nisyros Prince Crescent Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 22 Apr 2022Land Rear Of The Old Wheelright's Latchen Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QB
Received 22 Apr 20221 The Rocks Brains Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AL
Received 22 Apr 2022Oakdene Park Hill Whitecroft Gloucestershire GL15 4PQ
Received 25 Apr 2022Land At Larksfield Road Harrow Hill Glos
Received 25 Apr 2022The New House Elliotts Farm Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HH
Received 25 Apr 202229 Norchard Gardens Whitecroft Gloucestershire GL15 4UD
Received 25 Apr 2022Paunt House Cottage Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 25 Apr 2022Perch Lodge Mile End Gloucestershire GL16 7EN
Received 26 Apr 2022Appleyard Green Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AB
Received 26 Apr 2022Deans Close, Workshop Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE
Received 26 Apr 2022Land Opposite Barnetts Cottage Jubilee Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EE
Received 26 Apr 2022Mawingo Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NY
Received 26 Apr 2022Fairtide Centre Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AT
Received 26 Apr 2022Old Ferry Inn Business Centre Beachley Chepstow NP16 7HH
Received 26 Apr 2022Atlantic House Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JL
Received 26 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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