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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7,187 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ryelands Ross Road Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7SP
Received 4 Jul 2022Hornby Reas Main Road Churcham Gloucestershire GL2 8BW
Received 4 Jul 2022Garfield Brookend Woolaston Gloucestershire GL15 6PW
Received 4 Jul 202213 Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8BH
Received 4 Jul 2022Barn At Church Cottage Tidenham
Received 4 Jul 2022Linkwood Cottage High Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AS
Received 5 Jul 2022Delmar Pillows Green Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NX
Received 5 Jul 2022The Old Tannery Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AH
Received 5 Jul 2022The Granary Churches Farm Eggs Tump Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SA
Received 6 Jul 2022The White House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BW
Received 6 Jul 202221 Oak Meadow Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SD
Received 6 Jul 2022St John The Evangelist Church Boxbush Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DN
Received 6 Jul 2022St John The Evangelist Church Boxbush Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DN
Received 6 Jul 202224 Oak Way Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 7 Jul 2022Land Adjoining Stone Memorial Opposite All Saints Church Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 7 Jul 2022The Paddocks Goose Lane Bollow Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QX
Received 7 Jul 2022Ashleigh May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 8 Jul 2022Builders Yard Mount Pleasant Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JY
Received 8 Jul 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 8 Jul 20222 The Cherries Severn View Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NP
Received 8 Jul 2022The Grange Braceland Christchurch Gloucestershire GL16 7NP
Received 11 Jul 2022Barn At Laynes Farm Highleadon Gloucestershire GL18 1HG
Received 11 Jul 2022Yew Tree Cottage Greenway Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2DT
Received 11 Jul 2022Tree Tops Yartleton Lane May Hill Gloucestershire GL17 0NR
Received 12 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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