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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.
7,309 approved · 759 refused · 442 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fourviews Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RA
Received 20 Jan 2023Land Off Lydney Bypass & Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 20 Jan 2023Pleasant View Lower Cinder Hill St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QF
Received 19 Jan 2023St Anthonys School 93 Belle Vue Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2AA
Received 23 Jan 2023Buck Farm Oridge Street Corse GL19 3DA
Received 23 Jan 2023Land To The Rear Of Beechwood & Meadow View Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 20 Jan 2023Laynes Farm Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HG
Received 23 Jan 20234 Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QA
Received 19 Jan 2023Cuckoo Hill House Hudnalls Loop Road St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SQ
Received 23 Jan 2023Sandpits The Ruffit Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3LF
Received 24 Jan 2023Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 25 Jan 2023The Cottage Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 24 Jan 2023Cooks Cottage Cooks Lane Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LD
Received 25 Jan 2023War Memorial The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AQ
Received 24 Jan 20237 Little Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 24 Jan 2023Coleford Job Centre 4 Mushet Walk Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8BQ
Received 26 Jan 2023Ashwell Grange Stroat Chepstow Gwent NP16 7LS
Received 26 Jan 2023Clearwell C Of E Primary School Church Road Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LG
Received 26 Jan 2023Oak Barn Poulton Court Farm Northwood Green Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1NH
Received 27 Jan 202391 Oak Way Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SD
Received 27 Jan 2023The Byways Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 27 Jan 2023Land At Solomons Tump Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3EB
Received 26 Jan 2023Lower House Farm Blue Lane Kilcot Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1NG
Received 27 Jan 2023The Orchards Woodland Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HS
Received 27 Jan 2023Records 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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