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.
7,193 approved · 746 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Lydney Bypass & Naas Lane, Lydney, Gloucestershire
Received 26 Jul 2022Riverdale Upper Stowfield Road Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9PB
Received 22 Jul 2022Hartpury University & College Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 26 Jul 2022Four Winds Upleadon Road Highleadon Gloucestershire GL18 1HJ
Received 27 Jul 2022Tutshill Recreation Ground Coleford Road Tutshill Glos
Received 27 Jul 2022En Dah Win Prince Crescent Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 27 Jul 2022Ninnage Lodge, Land At Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 27 Jul 2022Ninnage Lodge, Land At Crowgate Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QS
Received 27 Jul 2022Plot 3 Land Adjoining 2 Willowdene Drybrook Road Drybrook Gloucestershire
Received 27 Jul 20223 Orchard Close English Bicknor Gloucestershire GL16 7PD
Received 27 Jul 20223 Orchard Close English Bicknor Gloucestershire GL16 7PD
Received 27 Jul 2022Chapel Lane Cottage Coach Road Redbrook Gloucestershire NP25 4LX
Received 27 Jul 2022Perouges 31 Newland Street Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AJ
Received 28 Jul 2022Little Brangwells Hawcross Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JQ
Received 28 Jul 2022Land At White Horse Inn Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 27 Jul 202213 Woodland Rise Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JX
Received 28 Jul 2022Taynton Farm Shop Hownhall Taynton Gloucestershire GL19 3AW
Received 28 Jul 2022Forest Grove (Also Known As Land North Of A4136) Lower Lane Berry Hill Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jul 2022Land At Strawberry Hill Vineyard 47 Orchard Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 29 Jul 2022Church Cottage Awre Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA
Received 28 Jul 2022Land At Swan Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jul 2022Land At Cross Hands Garage Cross Hands Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LH
Received 1 Aug 2022Dart House Tibberton Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AG
Received 1 Aug 202263 Drovers Way Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ET
Received 1 Aug 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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