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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.
7,408 approved · 770 refused · 453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corse Grange Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 21 Jun 202334 High Street Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DE
Received 21 Jun 2023Land At Severn Valley Touring Awre Gloucestershire GL14 1EJ
Received 21 Jun 2023Newent Post Office 29 Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 22 Jun 2023Newent Post Office 29 Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 22 Jun 2023Paunt House Farm Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 22 Jun 2023Chapel House Riverside Lane Broadoak Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JE
Received 22 Jun 2023The Granary Churches Farm Eggs Tump Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SA
Received 23 Jun 2023Ferndale Cottage Glencoe Lane Plump Hill Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0EU
Received 23 Jun 2023Cock Inn Nibley Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DB
Received 26 Jun 202321 Woodgate Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2QY
Received 26 Jun 2023115 High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TB
Received 26 Jun 2023Brookside Cottage Cliffords Mesne Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JT
Received 27 Jun 2023Murrells End Farm Durbridge Road Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3LR
Received 27 Jun 2023White Birch Manor Branches Road Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EH
Received 27 Jun 2023White Birch Manor Branches Road Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EH
Received 27 Jun 2023Grasmere Cottage Mill Lane Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SH
Received 27 Jun 2023Springfield Cottage Bishton Lane Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7LG
Received 27 Jun 2023Stockwood Forest Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6LX
Received 28 Jun 2023St Johns On The Hill School Castleford Hill Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7LE
Received 28 Jun 2023Ruardean Hill Reservoir Highview Road Ruardean Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 28 Jun 202331 Meek Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1UA
Received 29 Jun 2023Oaklands 5 The Croft Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5SS
Received 29 Jun 2023Bower Barn 31 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 29 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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