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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7,187 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Bathurst Park Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HG
Received 28 Jun 2022Sandpits The Ruffit Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3LF
Received 28 Jun 20225 Brightlands Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AG
Received 28 Jun 2022The Old Cider Press The Slad Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JZ
Received 28 Jun 2022Plot 11 Whimsey Industrial Estate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JA
Received 28 Jun 2022Valley Lodge Laundry Lane Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NQ
Received 28 Jun 2022Forge Hammer Inn Victoria Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2HU
Received 28 Jun 20227 Frogmore Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EP
Received 28 Jun 2022Former 59 (Sononco Industrial Packaging) Tufthorn Avenue Coleford
Received 29 Jun 2022Land At Barleycorn (Skatepark) Miners Welfare Playing Field Barley Corn Square Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jun 2022Site Adjacent To Syringa Grange Court Lane Huntley Huntley, Gloucester GL19 3DT
Received 29 Jun 2022Bramley Cottage Saunders Green Whitecroft Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4PN
Received 30 Jun 2022San Remo Folly Lane May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 30 Jun 2022Land Adjoining Oak Cottages Pludds Road Brierley Gloucestershire GL17 9DJ
Received 30 Jun 2022Land At Joyford Hill (Plot 4) Joyford Coleford GL16 7AH
Received 1 Jul 2022Land At Larksfield Road Harrow Hill Gloucestershire
Received 4 Jul 2022Severn View Callamore Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LB
Received 4 Jul 2022Post Office Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QA
Received 4 Jul 202272 Coverham Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7RD
Received 4 Jul 2022Blackford Mill Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 4 Jul 2022Blackford Mill Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 4 Jul 2022Blackford Mill Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 4 Jul 2022Blackford Mill Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 4 Jul 202233 Ford House Road The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LQ
Received 4 Jul 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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