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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.
7,185 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
23 School Crescent Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5TA
Received 14 Jun 202225 Meendhurst Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EF
Received 14 Jun 2022Land At Spout Lane Abenhall Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EA
Received 15 Jun 2022The Old Chapel High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BU
Received 14 Jun 2022Yew Tree Cottage Flaxley Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JR
Received 15 Jun 2022The Croft Allotment Road Four Oaks Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LU
Received 15 Jun 2022Windrush Cottage Baptist Way Ruardean Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 15 Jun 2022Poole Farm Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AD
Received 15 Jun 2022Harts Farm Stud 1 Chapel Lane Redmarley GL19 3JF
Received 15 Jun 2022The Lodge Ruardean Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 15 Jun 202264 Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3AE
Received 16 Jun 202221 Newtown Steam Mills Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JE
Received 17 Jun 2022Playing Field Steam Mills Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3HY
Received 17 Jun 2022Outside Edge Corse Grange Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 20 Jun 202289 Oak Way Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 20 Jun 2022Crowgate House Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 20 Jun 2022Ivy Rock Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7JF
Received 20 Jun 2022Land Opposite 40 Sparrow Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jun 2022Shangri-La Red Lodge Lane Brockweir Gloucestershire NP16 7NQ
Received 21 Jun 2022Kilcot Business Park Kilcot Cross Ross Road Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NN
Received 21 Jun 2022Barn East Of Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jun 2022Pfera Hall Bromsberrow Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JU
Received 22 Jun 2022Reciprocal Roof Roundhouse At Woodland Site In May Hill
Received 22 Jun 2022Milkwall And District Social Club Lambsquay Road Milkwall Gloucestershire GL16 8QA
Received 22 Jun 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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