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.
7,203 approved · 747 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pound Farm Kents Green Road Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AH
Received 12 Aug 202217 Almond Walk Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LP
Received 12 Aug 202250-52 Cherry Orchard Cottage Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DA
Received 15 Aug 2022Flat Lydbrook Valley Garage Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LQ
Received 15 Aug 2022Marden Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AT
Received 15 Aug 202211 Wirewood Crescent Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7BZ
Received 15 Aug 2022Blossomfield Gardens Main Road Churcham Gloucestershire GL2 8AA
Received 15 Aug 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 15 Aug 2022Land At Redhill Farm Bromsberrow Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JU
Received 15 Aug 20222 Johnstone Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1PZ
Received 16 Aug 2022Co-op Market Square Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1PS
Received 16 Aug 2022River Court Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EW
Received 16 Aug 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 16 Aug 2022Briar Cottage Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QA
Received 17 Aug 2022Cedar Slade Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 17 Aug 2022Walnut Tree Cottage Lower Yorkley Yorkley Lydney Glos
Received 17 Aug 2022Windward Cottage The Common St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SW
Received 15 Aug 2022The Stables Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0XT
Received 18 Aug 20229 Peacock Lane Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3ET
Received 18 Aug 2022Land North Of The A48/West Of Naas Lane Lydney
Received 18 Aug 2022Ross Farm Woodside Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PB
Received 18 Aug 2022Saycells Farm Much Marcle Ledbury HR8 2NP
Received 19 Aug 2022Alison House Barbers Bridge Rudford Gloucestershire GL2 8DX
Received 22 Aug 2022Hartpury Old School Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BG
Received 22 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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