Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,188 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
April Cottage Trinity Road Harrow Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9JR
Received 12 Jul 2022Oakleigh Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 5 Jul 2022Land To The West Of Drybrook Road Drybrook GL17 9JQ
Received 12 Jul 2022Hillcroft Springfields Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BW
Received 12 Jul 2022Lower House Farm Blue Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NG
Received 9 Jul 2022The Old Stores Coldharbour Road St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6SB
Received 13 Jul 2022Joys Green Recreational Ground Lydbrook GL17 9QY
Received 13 Jul 2022Orchard Cottage Church Road Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6UL
Received 30 Jun 2022Forest Hills Golf Club Mile End Road Mile End Gloucestershire GL16 7QD
Received 13 Jul 2022Pleasant View Lower Cinder Hill St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QF
Received 13 Jul 2022Land At Woodview New Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BY
Received 13 Jul 2022Castlenau Cottage High Street Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8JS
Received 13 Jul 2022Land East Of Perrygrove Road Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jul 2022Annex Courtfield Barn Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 14 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Pound Farm Westbury-On-Severn GL14 1JF
Received 15 Jul 2022Harthill Grange Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6XA
Received 13 Jul 2022Forest Edge Ash Grove Place Yorkley Slade Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RY
Received 15 Jul 2022Fairlight Cottage The Stenders Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JE
Received 15 Jul 2022The Coach House Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE
Received 15 Jul 2022The Old Coach House Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire GL2 8DZ
Received 15 Jul 2022The Old Coach House Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire GL2 8DZ
Received 15 Jul 2022Fair Bank Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook GL17 9LL
Received 18 Jul 2022Orchard End Cottage The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 14 Jul 20222 The Walled Garden Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EW
Received 13 Sept 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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