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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.
7,336 approved · 761 refused · 445 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stretton Brook House 1 Little Green Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 13 Mar 2023Newland House Savage Hill Newland Gloucestershire GL16 8NN
Received 13 Mar 2023Brookview Lodge Rolls Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AL
Received 6 Mar 2023Day House Quarry Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7LH
Received 13 Mar 20233 Foley Rise Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DW
Received 13 Mar 2023Memorial Hall Netherend Crescent Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SU
Received 14 Mar 2023Hillview Camomile Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QA
Received 14 Mar 20231 Grange Close Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Received 14 Mar 2023Coglan Orchard Latchen Longhope GL17 0QA
Received 14 Mar 2023Playing Field Steam Mills Road Cinderford GL14 3HY
Received 14 Mar 2023Littledean C Of E Primary School Church Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NL
Received 14 Mar 2023Darkham Wood Durbridge Road Redmarley Gloucestershire
Received 15 Mar 2023Dean Croft Broad Street Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3NH
Received 16 Mar 2023Winterfold Trinity Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LD
Received 16 Mar 2023St Mary The Virgin Church Street St Briavels Gloucestershiref GL15 6RG
Received 15 Mar 2023The Dingle Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 16 Mar 2023The Dingle Chapel Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JF
Received 16 Mar 2023Land Parcel East Of 40 - 43 Edmunds Way Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3FD
Received 17 Mar 202331 Dockham Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BG
Received 20 Mar 2023Rosehill High Street Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EQ
Received 20 Mar 2023The Cottage Home Farm Lane Ellwood Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7ND
Received 20 Mar 2023Oak Farm Ross Road English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PA
Received 20 Mar 2023Land Off Varnister Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9BQ
Received 20 Mar 2023Broadoaks 17B Upper Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DQ
Received 20 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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