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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.
7,490 approved · 774 refused · 458 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ostrich Inn Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NP
Received 11 Sept 20234 Blandings Court Farm Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AF
Received 11 Sept 2023The Barn Adsett Lane Adsett Westbury On Severn GL14 1PH
Received 12 Sept 2023Church House High Street Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9US
Received 12 Sept 2023Ivy Rock Tidenham Chepstow NP16 7JF
Received 12 Sept 2023Priors Lodge Parawell Lane Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6EX
Received 12 Sept 2023Priors Lodge Parawell Lane Bream Gloucestershire GL15 6EX
Received 12 Sept 2023Longhope Mushroom Farm Monmouth Old Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QD
Received 12 Sept 2023Long Furlong Kents Green Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 13 Sept 202317 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 13 Sept 2023Netherend Farm Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 13 Sept 20232 Meadow Walk Sling Gloucestershire GL16 8LR
Received 14 Sept 202318 Greenways Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HY
Received 14 Sept 2023The Lower White House New Road Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JT
Received 14 Sept 2023Yew Tree Cottage Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PA
Received 15 Sept 2023Coglan Orchard Latchen Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0QA
Received 15 Sept 2023Hilldene Kellys Lane Tidenham Chase Chepstow NP16 7LY
Received 15 Sept 202318 Onslow Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1TL
Received 18 Sept 2023Coglan House Old Monmouth Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NZ
Received 18 Sept 2023Hawthorn Villa Central Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9SB
Received 18 Sept 2023Woodside House Woodside Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PA
Received 18 Sept 2023Nibley House Nibley Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AR
Received 18 Sept 20237 Parragate Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2LX
Received 18 Sept 20239 Peacock Lane Ruspidge Gloucestershire GL14 3ET
Received 18 Sept 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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