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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.
7,224 approved · 748 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Union Cottage High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BW
Received 26 Sept 2022Hillview Moat Lane Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3QG
Received 26 Sept 2022Sheepcot Farm Miss Graces Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JR
Received 27 Sept 2022Woodland View Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 27 Sept 2022Ashleigh May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 28 Sept 2022York Cottage Orchard Way Berry Hill Gloucestershire GL16 7AQ
Received 28 Sept 2022Land East Of Silver Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BY
Received 28 Sept 2022Land Previously Occupied By Rosecroft Forest Road Milkwall Gloucestershire Coleford GL16 7LB
Received 29 Sept 2022Grove Cottage Beach Lane Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury Gloucestershire HR8 1PQ
Received 29 Sept 2022Northwood House Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NA
Received 29 Sept 2022Vanstone Cottage Hillersland Lane Shortstanding Gloucestershire GL16 7NU
Received 29 Sept 2022Land At 1 Sunnyside Woodend Road Harrow Hill Gloucestershire
Received 30 Sept 2022Land At 1 Sunnyside Woodend Road Harrow Hill Gloucestershire
Received 30 Sept 202213 Woodland Rise Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JX
Received 30 Sept 2022Newent Community Pavilion Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QA
Received 30 Sept 202223 Church Way Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DT
Received 3 Oct 2022Land Adjoining Dene Vista Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Gloucestershire
Received 3 Oct 2022Westview 22 Grove Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QY
Received 3 Oct 20229 Orchard Close Aylburton Gloucestershire GL15 6EA
Received 3 Oct 2022Bali Hai The Slad Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PT
Received 3 Oct 2022Oakbank Newent Road Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3QR
Received 3 Oct 2022Central Bakery Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SB
Received 3 Oct 2022Land To The South East Of Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HA
Received 30 Sept 2022May Farm Pendock Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LG
Received 4 Oct 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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