Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,422 approved · 771 refused · 453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hollies 4B Bowens Hill Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8DL
Received 7 Jul 20232 Holly Cottage Morse Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9AL
Received 10 Jul 2023Oakdene Gorsty Knoll Milkwall Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LR
Received 10 Jul 2023The Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL17 0PS
Received 10 Jul 202310 Hillside Close Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6LU
Received 10 Jul 2023Westview 22 Grove Road Berry Hill Gloucestershire GL16 8QY
Received 11 Jul 2023The Old Rectory Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 11 Jul 2023The Old Rectory Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 11 Jul 2023Pool Cottage Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 11 Jul 2023Court Farm Broad Street Littledean Gloucestershire GL14 3JT
Received 11 Jul 2023The Limes The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Received 12 Jul 2023Hillyfields Nurseries Tewkesbury Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LG
Received 12 Jul 2023Land On The North West Side Of Watery Lane Newent GL18 1QF
Received 12 Jul 2023Barleycroft Gloucester Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EH
Received 13 Jul 202310 Summerleaze Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5PS
Received 13 Jul 20232 Victoria Villas High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BS
Received 13 Jul 2023Upper Orchards Kents Green Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 13 Jul 2023The Old Post Office The Cross Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JT
Received 13 Jul 20239 Stockwell Green Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EH
Received 13 Jul 2023White Horse Inn Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PA
Received 14 Jul 2023Southcote Barn Southend Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JD
Received 14 Jul 2023Land At Tel Mandhar Beach Lane Bromsberrow Heath Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jul 2023St Whites Farm St Whites Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3BS
Received 14 Jul 2023Speech House Hotel Speech House Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EL
Received 14 Jul 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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