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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.
7,393 approved · 769 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage Stowe Green St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QW
Received 5 Jun 2023Carpenters Lodge Gloucester Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EJ
Received 5 Jun 2023Honeysuckle Cottage Miss Grace Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7JW
Received 5 Jun 2023Chapel House Clements End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8LL
Received 5 Jun 2023Elton Nurseries Elton Road Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JN
Received 5 Jun 2023Newent Community Pavilion Watery Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1QA
Received 6 Jun 2023Great Wadley The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AJ
Received 7 Jun 2023Windrush House 7 Grange Close Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SP
Received 7 Jun 20237 Forest Patch Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8RB
Received 8 Jun 2023St Whites Farm St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3BS
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Adjacent Car Park Station Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5EW
Received 8 Jun 2023Cannons Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AB
Received 9 Jun 20233 Jovial Cottages Morse Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AT
Received 9 Jun 2023Rosedean Parsons Lane Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SJ
Received 9 Jun 2023Green Farm Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DB
Received 12 Jun 2023Yew Tree Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RD
Received 9 Jun 2023Woodside Rosemary Lane Stroat Chepstow NP16 7LX
Received 12 Jun 2023Land South Of Balls Hill English Bicknor Gloucestershire GL16 7PP
Received 12 Jun 2023Powells End Farm Kempley Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BA
Received 12 Jun 202324 Grove Park Whitecroft Gloucestershire GL15 4SS
Received 13 Jun 2023Chapel Farm Over Old Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BJ
Received 12 Jun 2023Land To West Of 9 Hewlett Way Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Gloucestershire GL14 3AN
Received 13 Jun 2023Hylton Court Newerne Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RF
Received 13 Jun 2023The Old Police Station Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DX
Received 14 Jun 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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