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.
7,237 approved · 752 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BZ
Received 11 Oct 20229 Stantway Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QH
Received 12 Oct 2022Brockweir House Underhill Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7PE
Received 11 Oct 2022Tree Tops Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RD
Received 11 Oct 2022Nansfield Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 11 Oct 2022Old Boot Shop East Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TG
Received 11 Oct 2022Heath Farm Ledbury Road Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3ND
Received 12 Oct 2022Orchard Cottage Clements End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LL
Received 13 Oct 2022The Gardens Elton Lane Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JJ
Received 11 Oct 2022Merrin Merrin Street Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BT
Received 13 Oct 2022The Bungalow Wesley Road Whitecroft Gloucestershire GL15 4RE
Received 13 Oct 20221 The Cottages, Woodland View Newham Bottom Ruardean Woodside GL17 9UB
Received 13 Oct 2022Woodland View Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 11 Oct 2022Ivy Rock Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7JF
Received 13 Oct 2022The Forge Blaisdon Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AH
Received 13 Oct 2022White Horse Inn Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PA
Received 13 Oct 202210 Admirals Close Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NH
Received 13 Oct 2022Ridgewalk House Ridge Walk Ruardean Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 14 Oct 2022Callamore Cottage Callamore Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LB
Received 14 Oct 20227 Compton Close Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RP
Received 14 Oct 202216 Pinedale Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PQ
Received 14 Oct 2022Woodgate Sawmills Ltd Buckstone Close Mile End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QG
Received 13 Oct 2022Lower House Farm Blue Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NG
Received 14 Oct 2022Fairtide Centre Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5AT
Received 17 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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