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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.
7,158 approved · 744 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Day House Quarry Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7LH
Received 27 Apr 2022Quize The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 27 Apr 2022Innerstone Farm Innerstone Lane Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JH
Received 27 Apr 2022Moat House High Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TA
Received 27 Apr 20225 Cornish Houses Buckshaft Road Ruspidge GL14 3DX
Received 28 Apr 2022Oak Farm Ross Road English Bicknor Gloucestershire GL16 7PA
Received 28 Apr 2022Beeches Cottage Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LN
Received 28 Apr 2022Briar Cottage Oakwood Road Sling Gloucestershire GL16 8JG
Received 28 Apr 2022Dayhouse Quarry Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7LH
Received 28 Apr 2022Virgos Cottage New Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DE
Received 28 Apr 2022Swiss Cottage The Haie Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1HN
Received 28 Apr 2022Buchanans Recreation Ground Victoria Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DS
Received 29 Apr 2022The Old Vicarage Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DS
Received 3 May 2022Meadowside Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BT
Received 3 May 2022Belvedere Pleasant Stile Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NT
Received 3 May 2022Proposed Superstore (Tesco) Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AQ
Received 4 May 2022Proposed Superstore (Tesco) Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AQ
Received 4 May 2022Brookside Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NJ
Received 4 May 20223-5 Broad Street Newent Glos GL18 1AQ
Received 4 May 20223 - 5 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AQ
Received 4 May 2022Brockweir Houses Land Adjacent To Gregory Farm Brockweir NP16 7NG
Received 5 May 2022The Old School House Lowbands GL19 3NQ
Received 5 May 2022Duncastle Farm Main Road Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6AT
Received 5 May 2022Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QZ
Received 5 May 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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