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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.
7,172 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillgrove Marcle Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AR
Received 19 May 2022Courtfield Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 19 May 2022The House Of Bread Ross Road Christchurch Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NS
Received 18 May 2022Hulks Cottage Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4EX
Received 19 May 2022Hulks Cottage Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4EX
Received 19 May 20225 Cross Farm Close Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EB
Received 20 May 2022East View Squires Road Hangerberry Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QL
Received 20 May 2022Wedderburn House Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 20 May 20225 Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QA
Received 20 May 2022Beeches Cottage Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LN
Received 20 May 2022Hartpury University & College Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 20 May 2022Stonehouse Farm Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AT
Received 23 May 202230 Woodside Avenue Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DW
Received 23 May 2022Land Adjoining Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BN
Received 23 May 2022Land Adjoining Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BN
Received 23 May 2022Agricultural Building Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire GL2 8DZ
Received 20 May 202219 Worrall Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QE
Received 23 May 2022Green Hill Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AD
Received 24 May 2022Dean Field Study Centre New Road Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JA
Received 24 May 2022Dean Field Study Centre New Road Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JA
Received 24 May 2022Post Office High Street Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DS
Received 23 May 202225 Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AS
Received 24 May 2022Garden Centre Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3QA
Received 24 May 2022Skatepark Miners Welfare Playing Field Barley Corn Square Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 24 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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