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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.
7,314 approved · 760 refused · 444 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nampara Gorsty Knoll Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LR
Received 6 Feb 2023The Cottage Newham Bottom Ruardean Woodside Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9UB
Received 6 Feb 2023Land At Corse Garage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire
Received 6 Feb 2023Oakbank Newent Road Staunton Gloucestershire GL19 3QR
Received 6 Feb 2023Pound Farm Chaxhill Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QP
Received 6 Feb 2023Tobermory Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AB
Received 6 Feb 202370 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DA
Received 6 Feb 2023Brookfield Cottage Sterrys Lane Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7AH
Received 6 Feb 2023Catchmay Cottage East Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TQ
Received 6 Feb 2023Forest Oak Barn Forest Oak Farm The Purlieu Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4LN
Received 6 Feb 2023Land Off Jubilee Lane Bream Gloucestershire
Received 7 Feb 2023Sunnycroft Castlemain Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4HH
Received 7 Feb 202312 Woodgate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2RA
Received 7 Feb 2023Valleyside Lower Road St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SA
Received 7 Feb 2023Deep Filling Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 7 Feb 2023Land Adjoining Poplars Cottage Tibberton Lane Huntley Gloucestershire GL19 3DY
Received 7 Feb 2023Wye Garage And Adjoining Land Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire
Received 8 Feb 2023Milway Patch High Beech Road The Pludds Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9UD
Received 8 Feb 2023Orchard Lawns Severn View Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NP
Received 8 Feb 2023Orchard Lawns Severn View Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NP
Received 8 Feb 2023Freedom Farm Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 8 Feb 2023Freedom Farm Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 8 Feb 202344 Park Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AG
Received 8 Feb 2023Hazeldene Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 9 Feb 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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