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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.
7,247 approved · 754 refused · 434 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rylonby Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 28 Oct 2022Chapel Farm Barn Studio Over Old Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BJ
Received 3 Nov 2022Land Off Clanna Road Alvington Gloucestershire
Received 3 Nov 2022Westbury Court Gardens Court Gardens Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Received 3 Nov 2022Dick Whittington Farm Park Blakemore Park Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PH
Received 3 Nov 2022Land At Severn Valley Touring Awre Gloucestershire GL14 1EJ
Received 3 Nov 2022Miles Merchants Ltd High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JE
Received 3 Nov 20228 Darren Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QZ
Received 3 Nov 2022Broadwell Farm Kingsway Broadwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7BP
Received 4 Nov 2022Coglan Orchard Latchen Longhope GL17 0QA
Received 4 Nov 2022Mile Bridge Dairy Stockwell Lane Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DN
Received 4 Nov 2022Murrells End Farm Durbridge Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LR
Received 4 Nov 2022Brays Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EP
Received 4 Nov 2022Brays Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EP
Received 4 Nov 2022Brays Court Woodend Lane Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EP
Received 4 Nov 2022Brooklyn Cottage New Road Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JA
Received 7 Nov 2022The Stores The Butts Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PW
Received 1 Nov 2022Pool Cottage Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 8 Nov 2022Hopebrook C Of E Primary School Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LA
Received 8 Nov 2022The Skerries Station Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DA
Received 8 Nov 2022Stepps Farm Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PD
Received 8 Nov 2022Land At Court End Farm Court Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 8 Nov 20223 Ross Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BD
Received 8 Nov 20223 Ross Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BD
Received 9 Nov 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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