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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.
7,216 approved · 748 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard House Graces Pitch Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SU
Received 16 Sept 2022The Farmers Boy Ross Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LP
Received 20 Sept 2022Weavers Down New Road Coalway Gloucestershire GL16 7JD
Received 21 Sept 202217 Boseley Way Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2JH
Received 21 Sept 2022The Old Piggery Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BG
Received 21 Sept 2022Parklands Estate Oak Way Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 21 Sept 2022Land At Hillersland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NY
Received 21 Sept 2022Oak Barn Farm Knapp Lane Alvington GL15 6BJ
Received 21 Sept 2022Sunnygarth Woodland Place Yorkley GL15 4SA
Received 22 Sept 2022Littleford Tewkesbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EB
Received 22 Sept 20224 Ross Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EQ
Received 21 Sept 20228 Wirewood Close Tutshill Gloucestershire NP16 7BY
Received 22 Sept 2022Vale Cottage The City Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NA
Received 22 Sept 202216 Newtown Steam Mills Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3JE
Received 23 Sept 2022Windrush House 7 Grange Close Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Received 23 Sept 2022Brand Green Fruit Farm Brand Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JE
Received 26 Sept 2022Moorwood Farm The Moorwood Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SU
Received 26 Sept 2022Russlyn Brockhollands Road Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6ND
Received 26 Sept 2022Etloe House Farm (also Known As The Milking Parlour) Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AT
Received 26 Sept 2022Windsor Cottage High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BB
Received 26 Sept 2022Land North Of Stream Lane Upleadon Gloucestershire GL18 1EL
Received 26 Sept 20223 Bathurst Park Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HG
Received 27 Sept 2022Acorn House 12 Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AB
Received 27 Sept 2022The Old Post Office Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 27 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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