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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.
7,285 approved · 759 refused · 440 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Beulah Chapel Green Bottom Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LH
Received 13 Dec 2022Land At Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 13 Dec 2022The Folly May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NP
Received 14 Dec 202228 Elm Road Tutshill Gloucestershire NP16 7BX
Received 14 Dec 2022Glengarth Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JT
Received 14 Dec 2022Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 14 Dec 2022Land At Southend Lane Newent GL18 1JD
Received 14 Dec 2022Land Between Rodley Manor Way And Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 15 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To Alans Cottage Netherend Woolaston Gloucestershire
Received 15 Dec 202234 Marians Walk Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QW
Received 15 Dec 20224 The Crypt Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AL
Received 15 Dec 20224 Foxglove Way Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PT
Received 16 Dec 2022Lakeside Chartist Lane Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NL
Received 16 Dec 2022Walnut Tree Cottage Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AT
Received 16 Dec 202235 Ford House Road The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LQ
Received 16 Dec 2022Barns Joyford Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AS
Received 16 Dec 2022Land Adjoining Rosewood Cottage Belmont Road Hewelsfield Gloucestershire GL15 6UX
Received 16 Dec 2022Daniels Farm Chicknalls Lane Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AQ
Received 16 Dec 2022High House Preston Cross Ledbury HR8 2LH
Received 16 Dec 2022Barn East Of Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucestershire
Received 19 Dec 2022Montpelier Gloucester Road Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7DB
Received 19 Dec 2022April Cottage Meadow Close Viney Hill Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4NX
Received 19 Dec 2022Redmarley Primary School Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HS
Received 19 Dec 20227 Hyde Park Corner Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JR
Received 19 Dec 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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