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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.
7,211 approved · 747 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Frogmore Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EP
Received 6 Sept 2022Tik Hai Townsend Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9TR
Received 8 Sept 2022Playing Field Steam Mills Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3HY
Received 8 Sept 2022Swan House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BY
Received 9 Sept 2022The Roosting Place School Road Pillowell Gloucestershire GL15 4QT
Received 12 Sept 2022West View Wigpool Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JG
Received 12 Sept 2022Old General Stores Oakwood Road Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JG
Received 5 Sept 20225 Hendrick Drive Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7EL
Received 12 Sept 20228 Roebuck Meadows Ruardean Woodside Gloucestershire GL17 9UL
Received 12 Sept 2022Ferndale Stowfield Road Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NJ
Received 13 Sept 2022Parvadene Church Hill Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SN
Received 13 Sept 20227 Little Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 13 Sept 202254 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 14 Sept 2022Quantum House Parkend Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RP
Received 12 Sept 2022Barn To The South Of Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 14 Sept 202250A Church Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EA
Received 14 Sept 20224 Wood Road Mile End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7DE
Received 14 Sept 2022The Studio, West Wing Tewkesbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LG
Received 15 Sept 2022Beeches Farm Grove Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QH
Received 15 Sept 2022Beeches Farm Grove Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QH
Received 15 Sept 2022Land At Coomb Drive Ruspidge Gloucestershire
Received 15 Sept 2022Swanpool Barn Kents Green Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 20 Sept 2022Dean Camp Cottage Awre Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA
Received 20 Sept 2022Middleton Hall Woolaston Grange Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PP
Received 6 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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