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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.
7,162 approved · 744 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Springfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LQ
Received 5 May 2022Cannons Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AB
Received 6 May 2022Cannons Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AB
Received 6 May 2022Masonic Hall Station Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DA
Received 6 May 20221 Howard Road Broadwell Gloucestershire GL16 7BT
Received 9 May 202222 Stanford Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HR
Received 9 May 2022The Firs Baptist Way Ruardean Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 9 May 2022Overdale The Rocks St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6SE
Received 9 May 2022The Wicket Patch Knights Hill Road The Pludds Ruardean GL17 9UA
Received 9 May 2022Horseshoe Bend Lancaut Lane Woodcroft NP16 7JB
Received 10 May 2022Land South Of Lower Lane Berry Hill Coleford GL16 8QQ
Received 10 May 2022Cherry Tree Beech Way Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6NB
Received 10 May 2022Nansfield Farm Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 10 May 2022Nansfield Farm Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 10 May 2022Sycamore Cottage Stag Hill Yorkley Gloucestershire GL15 4TD
Received 11 May 2022Land At Former R And D Pressings Ltd Whitecliff Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NB
Received 11 May 2022Whitehall Farm Whitehall Lane Rudford Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8ED
Received 11 May 2022Land At Spout Lane Shapridge Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EA
Received 12 May 2022Quarry Farm Aston Ingham Road Kilcot Gloucestershire GL18 1NP
Received 12 May 2022Edens Hill Farm Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ED
Received 12 May 2022Edens Hill Farm Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ED
Received 12 May 202234 Marians Walk Berry Hill Gloucestershire GL16 8QW
Received 12 May 20221 Moat Lane Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QG
Received 12 May 2022Barn Field Grange Court Lane Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3DT
Received 12 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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