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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.
7,354 approved · 766 refused · 448 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
12 The Barracks Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4HR
Received 6 Apr 2023Yew Tree Cottage Coppice Road Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9RJ
Received 6 Apr 2023Unit 16 New Dunn Business Park Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JD
Received 6 Apr 2023Barn At Pheasant Meadow Birdwood Gloucestershire GL19 3EH
Received 6 Apr 20231 Rocks Road Joys Green Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9RG
Received 6 Apr 2023Hailey Little Drybrook Clements End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LP
Received 7 Apr 2023Cleeve Farm Cleeve Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1RF
Received 10 Apr 2023Blackwell Meadows Wigpool Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0JJ
Received 11 Apr 2023Land At Littledean Hill Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BN
Received 11 Apr 2023Milkwall And District Social Club Lambsquay Road Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QA
Received 11 Apr 20232 Stonehouse Cottages Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AT
Received 11 Apr 2023Oaklands 5 The Croft Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SS
Received 11 Apr 20235 Mornington Terrace High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BG
Received 6 Apr 202329 Clanna Country Park Clanna Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AN
Received 12 Apr 2023Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 12 Apr 2023Preecemoor Farm School Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LJ
Received 12 Apr 2023Hartpury College Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 12 Apr 2023Land At Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire
Received 12 Apr 2023Inglewood Cottage Upper Redbrook Monmouth NP25 4LU
Received 13 Apr 2023Land East Of Lonehead Little London Gloucestershire
Received 13 Apr 2023Pool Cottage Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 14 Apr 2023Hillside Fishpool Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BT
Received 14 Apr 2023Land At Lodge Farm - South Upper Common Aylburton Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 20236 Coombs Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AY
Received 17 Apr 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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