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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.
7,163 approved · 745 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Little Pandy Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3DB
Received 13 May 202216 Lansdown Buildings Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RF
Received 10 May 2022The Gardens Elton Lane Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JJ
Received 11 May 2022Westbury On Severn C Of E Primary School The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Received 11 May 2022Dances Corner Church Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SW
Received 13 May 2022Boxbush Farm Oxenhall Lane Gorsley Gloucestershire HR9 7BJ
Received 13 May 2022Blakemore Park, Swallow Lakes Also Known As Swallow Lakes Caravan Park Longhope Road Little London GL17 0PH
Received 13 May 2022Land East Of Silver Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BY
Received 13 May 2022Land On The North West Side Of Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QG
Received 13 May 20226 Upper Common Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6DJ
Received 16 May 2022Little Sandyway Redmarley Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DR
Received 16 May 2022Big Meadow Farm Playley Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NB
Received 16 May 2022St Anthonys School 93 Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AA
Received 16 May 20223 Carisbrook Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0SA
Received 16 May 2022The Grain Barn Murrells End Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LR
Received 16 May 2022Land At Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 16 May 2022Etloe Farm House Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AX
Received 16 May 202210 Loop Road Beachley Chepstow NP16 7HE
Received 17 May 2022Nicholson House Court Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AR
Received 12 May 2022Gamage Court Farm Lower Ley Lane Minsterworth Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8JT
Received 13 May 2022Sunnyville Tramway Road Ruspidge Gloucestershire GL14 3AY
Received 18 May 2022Roselea Woolaston Common Woolaston Gloucestershire GL15 6NT
Received 18 May 2022Greystones Barn Poolfield Hewelsfield Gloucestershire GL15 6UW
Received 18 May 2022Land At Danford Lane (Also Known As Land North Of Danford Lane) Hartpury Gloucester GL19 3BQ
Received 18 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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