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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.
7,475 approved · 774 refused · 457 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of The Green Newnham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Aug 2023Grass Verge High Street Newnham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Aug 2023Laurel Cottage Kempley Green Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BW
Received 23 Aug 2023Wych Hazel Cottage Blakeney Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4BN
Received 23 Aug 2023Oakdean High Street Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DY
Received 23 Aug 2023Barn At Pheasant Meadow Birdwood Gloucestershire GL19 3EH
Received 23 Aug 2023Lower Perrygrove Farm Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8QD
Received 23 Aug 2023Shepherds Huts Newberries Farm Blackwells End Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 24 Aug 2023Prince Of Wales Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 24 Aug 2023Land West Of Little Orchard Gloucester Road Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 24 Aug 2023Victoria Cottage Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NX
Received 25 Aug 2023Moat House High Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TA
Received 24 Aug 2023Woodbine Cottage Forty Green Lowbands Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3SL
Received 25 Aug 2023Nocton Rise Home Farm Lane Ellwood Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7ND
Received 25 Aug 2023Scatterford Cottage The Butts Clearwell Gloucestershire GL16 8PW
Received 28 Aug 2023Church Cottage The Causeway Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3JS
Received 28 Aug 2023Oakdene Oaklea Road Yorkley Gloucestershire GL15 4RU
Received 28 Aug 202321 St John Street Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AP
Received 28 Aug 2023Yew Tree Cottage Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 29 Aug 2023Rubblestones Forge Row Lower Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9NP
Received 29 Aug 2023Bicknor House Ross Road English Bicknor Gloucestershire GL16 7PF
Received 29 Aug 2023Chelten Elms Boughspring Lane Tidenham Chase Gloucestershire NP16 7JJ
Received 30 Aug 2023Land North Of Rosemary Lane Stroat Chepstow
Received 30 Aug 2023Field At Whippington Corner Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 31 Aug 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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