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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.
7,199 approved · 747 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White Beam (also Known As Police House Tutshill) Beachley Road Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7DJ
Received 4 Aug 2022Sandyway Redmarley Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DR
Received 8 Aug 2022Kings Meadow Court Retirement Home Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JX
Received 4 Aug 202231 Churchill Way Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0AZ
Received 8 Aug 2022Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Gloucestershire HR8 1QY
Received 8 Aug 2022Newent Town Council The Cemetery Lodge Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QG
Received 9 Aug 2022Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1QY
Received 9 Aug 2022Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1QY
Received 9 Aug 2022Rose Hill Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EF
Received 9 Aug 2022Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1QY
Received 9 Aug 2022Grove House Dyke House Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1QY
Received 9 Aug 2022High Trees Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 10 Aug 2022High Trees Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 10 Aug 2022Little Pound Farm Shaw Common Oxenhall Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RW
Received 10 Aug 202216 Woodville Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AY
Received 8 Aug 2022Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 10 Aug 2022Bream Cross Farm Coleford Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EU
Received 10 Aug 2022Cinderford Methodist Church Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AB
Received 10 Aug 2022The Hollies Pitching Green Blakeney Gloucestershire
Received 10 Aug 20222 Bakers Lane Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BS
Received 11 Aug 2022Whitehill House Back Lane Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BU
Received 12 Aug 2022Constables House The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AH
Received 12 Aug 20227 & 9 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 10 Aug 2022Pound Farm Kents Green Road Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AH
Received 12 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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