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.
7,329 approved · 761 refused · 445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bridge End Cottage Old Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7PR
Received 7 Mar 2023Land Parcel To North Of Pingry Business Park Pingry Lane Milkwall Gloucestershire GL16 8QD
Received 7 Mar 2023Unlawater House Unlawater Lane Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BJ
Received 7 Mar 2023Scarr Bandstand Sling GL16 8JA
Received 8 Mar 2023May View Gloucester Road Hartpury GL19 3BT
Received 8 Mar 2023Hartpury Court Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 8 Mar 2023Hartpury Court Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DE
Received 8 Mar 2023Land At The Slopes Bakers Hill Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 8 Mar 2023Chessgrove Farm Chessgrove Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QJ
Received 8 Mar 2023Land North West Of Blue Rock Crescent Bream Gloucestershire
Received 8 Mar 202318 Onslow Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1TL
Received 9 Mar 2023Barn Windcross Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AN
Received 9 Mar 2023Poulton Court Farm Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1ES
Received 9 Mar 2023Stroat Farm Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LR
Received 9 Mar 2023Brook Farm Lake Lane Churcham Gloucester GL2 8BG
Received 9 Mar 2023Sevenoaks Lords Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7HG
Received 10 Mar 20238 Milling Crescent Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DD
Received 10 Mar 2023Engine Meadow Lodge Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BG
Received 10 Mar 2023Boxbush Barn Oxenhall Lane Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7BJ
Received 10 Mar 2023Little Paddocks Botloes Green Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DW
Received 10 Mar 2023Telecommunications Mast Birdwood Gloucestershire GL19 3EF
Received 10 Mar 202324 Redmarley Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LJ
Received 13 Mar 2023Broadstone Farm Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PB
Received 13 Mar 20235 Mornington Terrace High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BG
Received 13 Mar 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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