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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.
7,188 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Summerleaze Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PS
Received 19 Jul 2022April Cottage Meadow Close Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NX
Received 19 Jul 20224 The Croft Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SS
Received 19 Jul 2022Bandor Mopla Road Tutshill Gloucestershire NP16 7PS
Received 20 Jul 2022Oakle Farm Oakle Street Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8AG
Received 18 Jul 2022Duncastle Farm Main Road Alvington Gloucestershire GL15 6AT
Received 20 Jul 2022Badgers Yorkley Wood Road Yorkley Gloucestershire GL15 4TY
Received 20 Jul 2022Yew Tree Villa Golden Valley Upleadon Gloucestershire GL18 1HN
Received 20 Jul 20228 Market Place Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AW
Received 21 Jul 202211 Roebuck Meadows Ruardean Woodside Gloucestershire GL17 9UL
Received 21 Jul 20222 Laureldene Sling Gloucestershire GL16 8LU
Received 21 Jul 2022The Dingle Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 22 Jul 2022The Dingle Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 22 Jul 2022Land On The North West Side Of Watery Lane Newent GL18 1QF
Received 22 Jul 2022Longhope Business Park Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QZ
Received 22 Jul 202216 Chedworth Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SE
Received 25 Jul 2022Church Of St Michael Church Road Soudley Gloucestershire GL14 2UA
Received 25 Jul 2022Madgetts Farm Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7LZ
Received 25 Jul 2022Maytree Cottage The Rocks Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HF
Received 25 Jul 2022Bromsberrow Sand & Gravel Company/Sandpits Quarry Bell Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 25 Jul 2022Lydney Harbour Harbour Road Naas, Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4ER
Received 25 Jul 2022Primrose Cottage Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3DB
Received 25 Jul 2022Hollands Grove Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LR
Received 18 Jul 2022Duncastle Farm Main Road Alvington Gloucestershire
Received 21 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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