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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.
7,187 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chapel House Clements End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LL
Received 22 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To The Laurels Main Road Huntley GL19 3EA
Received 23 Jun 2022Yew Tree Cottage Greenway Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2DT
Received 23 Jun 2022Tintern View Hollywell Lane Brockweir Gloucestershire NP16 7PJ
Received 23 Jun 2022Cramond Beachley Road Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7EQ
Received 23 Jun 2022Llancau Cottage Perrygrove Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QB
Received 23 Jun 20229 Wirewood Crescent Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7BZ
Received 23 Jun 20224 & 5 Tusculum Way Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HZ
Received 24 Jun 202241 Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 24 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To Hill View Nailbridge Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JL
Received 24 Jun 2022Ferndale 2 Mile End Road Mile End Gloucestershire GL16 7QD
Received 24 Jun 2022Wintles Hill House Wintles Hill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QB
Received 24 Jun 2022Hartpury University & College Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 24 Jun 2022Skatepark Miners Welfare Playing Field Barley Corn Square Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 24 Jun 202217 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 24 Jun 2022Rainbow Valley Okle Green Upleadon Gloucestershire GL18 1HN
Received 27 Jun 2022Childrens Play Area Redmarley Playing Fields Gloucestershire GL19 3HS
Received 27 Jun 2022Lilac Cottage Turners Tump Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9XG
Received 27 Jun 2022Mill Cottage Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HH
Received 27 Jun 2022Rocks View Rocks Road Joys Green Gloucestershire GL17 9RG
Received 27 Jun 2022Chapel House Trinity Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LD
Received 27 Jun 2022Sallow Vallets Lodge Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LT
Received 28 Jun 20224 Springfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LQ
Received 28 Jun 2022Mayhill Lodge Yartleton Lane Mayhill Gloucester Longhope GL17 0RF
Received 28 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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