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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.
7,498 approved · 775 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 18 Sept 20233 Little Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LQ
Received 19 Sept 2023Overdean Littledean Hill Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2BD
Received 20 Sept 202315 Hyde Bank Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1DF
Received 20 Sept 202321 - 23 Market Street Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 20 Sept 2023Nibley House Nibley Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AR
Received 21 Sept 20231 The Purples Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7JL
Received 21 Sept 2023Ramcrest Nottwood Hill Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0AN
Received 21 Sept 2023Twain Ash Leominster Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AN
Received 21 Sept 2023Appledeck Hayes Farm Pool Hill Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LN
Received 21 Sept 2023Unit 1 Silverbourne Court Regent Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5RJ
Received 21 Sept 2023Severn Lodge Church Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BQ
Received 21 Sept 2023Hillview Botloes Green Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DW
Received 20 Sept 2023Former 59 (Sonoco Industrial Packaging) Tufthorn Avenue Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 21 Sept 20231 Palmers Glade Coalway Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LW
Received 21 Sept 202356 Allaston Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5ST
Received 21 Sept 2023Griffins Farm Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AD
Received 22 Sept 2023Sacred Heart Church Grahamstown Road Sedbury Gloucestershire NP16 7AD
Received 25 Sept 2023Saddle Bow Cottage Tibbs Cross Green Bottom Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3LH
Received 25 Sept 2023Rectory Meadow Church Lane Rudford Gloucestershire GL2 8DT
Received 25 Sept 2023Old Hill Orchard Kempley Road Dymock Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 2023Ellwood Villa Home Farm Lane Ellwood Gloucestershire GL16 7ND
Received 25 Sept 2023The Croft Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 26 Sept 2023Underwood The Fence St Briavels Gloucestershire GL15 6QG
Received 26 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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