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Forest of Dean District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Forest of Dean District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates9,668Searchable applications
280Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 8,467 approved or refused records
796Refused applications
7,671 approved · 796 refused · 472 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Skip to main contentContact planning Book a building inspectionLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Get advice on your planning applicationConservation areas Historic buildings and conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas27 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas2 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- RefusedP0203/24/LD1
Application under Section 191 to establish whether the use and occupancy of a bungalow as a permanent residence, originally granted permission as a holiday let, is lawful
Ishkara Dragon Fires Grange Court Road Adsett Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1PJ
Received 8 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0204/24/FUL
Erection of a first floor rear extension with associated works.
Saddle Bow Cottage Tibbs Cross Green Bottom Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LH
Received 9 Feb 2024 - DecidedP0208/24/LD2
Application under section 192 to establish whether the erection of single storey rear extension requires planning permission.
1 Park Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AX
Received 9 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0209/24/FUL
Erection of extension to existing agricultural building
Court Farm The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LW
Received 9 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0210/24/FUL
Erection of a single and two storey front, side and rear extension
39 Templeway West Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5JD
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0013/24/DISCON
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials), 4 (tree protection plan and arboricultural method statement), 8 (biodiversity enhancement scheme) relating to planning permission P0759/23/FUL
Carpenters Lodge Gloucester Road Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1EJ
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0212/24/FUL
External render to property, addition of a Juliet balcony and replacement of full height non-opening windows with bifold doors at rear of property
Asgarth Lower Road St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6SA
Received 12 Feb 2024 - RefusedP0213/24/FUL
Erection of lambing/storage barn, proposed alterations to existing vehicle access
Land At Hewelsfield Gloucestershire
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0214/24/FUL
Change of use of existing steel barn to residential with associated works including rebuilding of existing outbuilding (part retrospective) to workshop/store
Roseland Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AN
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0215/24/FUL
Change of use of log cabin from residential to holiday let
Orchard House Lower Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DR
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0216/24/TCA
Remove 1 x small Cypress tree on western boundary of property and replant with a Banana tree or similar.
19 Church Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5EA
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0218/24/FUL
Erection of a shipping container for storage of the equipment for the annual Tibberton show and ad hoc sporting equipment
Taynton And Tibberton Village Hall Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0219/24/FUL
Minor alterations to carpark layout including the removal of two semi-mature trees and their replacement
The Main Place, Main Hall And Kitchen Old Station Way Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8RH
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0220/24/FUL
Variation of condition 10 of planning permission P0570/22/FUL to read:- "In the first planting season following completion of the development or first occupation of the dwellinghouse (whichever is the sooner) all planting shown upon drawing number 20.969.500 Revision A received 13.03.2024 shall be carried out. Any plant within that hedge that is removed, becomes seriously damaged or diseased within 5 years of its planting shall be replaced in the next planting season with one of the same species".
Land At Larksfield Road Harrow Hill Glos
Received 12 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0222/24/TCA
Fell 1 x Western Red Cedar (T5 on accompanying sketch plan), and 1 x Cypress (T6) to ground level, to reduce likelihood of storm damage and root penetration into adjacent boundary wall. Undertake the following work to 2 x Yew trees (T11 and T12) remove lower limbs to 2.4 metres above ground level, to improve pedestrian access along adjacent paths and for access to gravestones. Both Yew trees are also to be reduced to approximately 6 metres in height to allow more light to reach into eastern facade of the church.
St Briavels Church Graveyard Church Street St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Received 13 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0225/24/FUL
Erection of a four bed dwelling with off road parking and associated works
Land At 6 Springfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 14 Feb 2024 - DecidedP0226/24/AG
Prior notification for the upgrade of existing access tracks to enable woodland management under a Forestry Commission England approved Woodland Management Plan
Blaisdon Wood Blaisdon Gloucestershire
Received 14 Feb 2024 - DecidedP0227/24/LD2
Application under Section 192 to establish whether the erection of a carport to existing parking area requires planning permission
2 Furnace View Whitecliff Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NB
Received 14 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0228/24/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension, conversion of existing garage and utility, porch and garage extension. Provision of paviours replacing concrete drive and front lawn area
32 Greenways Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HY
Received 14 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0014/24/DISCON
Discharge of Condition 15 (onsite recreational disturbance mitigation strategy) and 16 (offsite recreational disturbance measures) relating to planning permission P1186/22/FUL
Land North Of The A48/West Of Naas Lane Lydney
Received 14 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0015/24/DISCON
Discharge of conditions 07 (surface water drainage) and 08 (materials) relating to P1055/20/FUL.
Orles Pool Barns Chepstow Road Sling Gloucestershire
Received 15 Feb 2024 - RefusedP0231/24/AG
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building for the storage of hay, straw and agricultural machinery
Little Netherton Farm Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2EF
Received 15 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0232/24/FUL
Replacement of single storey rear extension with a two storey rear extension, replacement of a single storey extension and garage.
4 The Green Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AF
Received 15 Feb 2024 - ConsentP0235/24/NONMAT
Non-material amendment to P1568/23/FUL to allow for height increase to the main roof pitch
Chy Reen All Saints Road May Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NL
Received 16 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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