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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.
7,345 approved · 763 refused · 446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Springbank Farm Birches Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DN
Received 24 Mar 2023Horseshoe Inn House Brooms Green Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2DP
Received 27 Mar 2023Green Hill Farm Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AD
Received 27 Mar 2023Proposed Grain Store Severn View Farm Bream Road St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6QY
Received 27 Mar 2023Central Engineering Works Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NA
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Parcel To South West Little Netherton Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EF
Received 27 Mar 2023Farm Buidling In South West Corner Little Netherton Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EF
Received 27 Mar 2023Walkers Farm Worcester Road Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RL
Received 27 Mar 2023Wyecliffe House Old Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7PR
Received 27 Mar 2023Wyecliffe House Old Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7PR
Received 27 Mar 2023Land Immediately South Of Hartpury Village Hall Over Old Road Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 27 Mar 2023Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 28 Mar 2023Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 28 Mar 2023Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 28 Mar 2023Warehouse Corner Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QU
Received 28 Mar 2023Land Parcel To North East Blakemore Park Little London Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PH
Received 28 Mar 2023Sunnydene Coldharbour Road Brockweir Gloucestershire NP16 7NN
Received 29 Mar 2023Former St Whites Primary School St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3DH
Received 29 Mar 2023TPO To South West Of Junction Between Overstreet Green And Par Four Lane Overstreet Green Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5GG
Received 29 Mar 2023Land Off Preston Cross Ledbury
Received 30 Mar 2023Bullar Trees Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1ED
Received 30 Mar 2023Eastridge Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EF
Received 30 Mar 2023United Reform Church 22 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AJ
Received 30 Mar 2023United Reform Church 22 Broad Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AJ
Received 30 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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