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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.
7,430 approved · 771 refused · 453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Wesleyan Chapel Brockhollands Road Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6ND
Received 14 Jul 20238 Lambourne Avenue Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HW
Received 17 Jul 2023Land At Rear Of 22 Flaxley Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2DH
Received 17 Jul 2023Little Place Pool Hill Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LL
Received 17 Jul 2023Brook Farm Merricks Lane Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7GD
Received 17 Jul 202320 Chapel Road Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QY
Received 17 Jul 2023Garfield Brookend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PW
Received 17 Jul 2023Farriers Barn The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 17 Jul 2023Speech House Hotel Speech House Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EL
Received 17 Jul 2023Little Millend Mill End Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8NF
Received 17 Jul 2023Hayes Manor Barn Viney Hill GL15 4LY
Received 18 Jul 2023Hayes Manor Barn Viney Hill GL15 4LY
Received 18 Jul 2023Hillside Phillips Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3NF
Received 18 Jul 2023Land At Oridge Street Oridge Street Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3DA
Received 18 Jul 2023Fair Lee Hangerberry Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9QG
Received 19 Jul 2023Deep Filling Cottage Hinders Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EZ
Received 19 Jul 202329 Coombs Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AY
Received 19 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To Rocks View Rocks Road Joys Green Gloucestershire
Received 19 Jul 2023Grove Farm Littledean Road Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JY
Received 14 Jul 2023Land To The South Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5GD
Received 19 Jul 2023Sparepenny Cottage Ledbury Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AG
Received 18 Jul 2023Ruardean Hill Reservoir Highview Road Ruardean Hill Gloucestershire GL17 9AR
Received 20 Jul 2023Warren Haven Lower Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DX
Received 20 Jul 2023Land At 2 Sunnyside Oakwood Road Bream Gloucestershire
Received 20 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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