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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.
7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Complex Scarr Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 9 Jan 2025Land North West Of Wintles Farm Wintles Lane Northwood Green Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jan 2025Overbrook Garage Drybrook Road Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9JJ
Received 10 Jan 2025Sycamore Cottage The Patches Ruardean Woodside Ruardean Gloucestershire GL17 9XZ
Received 10 Jan 2025Drews Farm Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 13 Jan 20257 Boundary Place Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RG
Received 13 Jan 2025Brookwood Kempley Road Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7EF
Received 13 Jan 2025Land South Of Straight Lane Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3RN
Received 13 Jan 2025The Fledgelings High Street Newent Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jan 2025Castle Villa Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RG
Received 13 Jan 2025Woodpecker Cottage Holiday Let Dean Forest Retreats Pitching Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DQ
Received 14 Jan 2025Pitching Green Cottage Pitching Green Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DQ
Received 14 Jan 2025Springfield House Station Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NA
Received 14 Jan 2025Land At Yorkley Court Farm Lydney Road Yorkley Gloucestershire GL15 4TZ
Received 14 Jan 2025Hazel Brae New Road Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DT
Received 15 Jan 2025Kents Green Fruit Farm Road From Kents Green Fruit Farm To Junction At Kents Green Cottage Kents Green Tibberton Gloucestershire GL19 3AJ
Received 15 Jan 2025Clearwell And Stowe Hill Quarries Stowe Green St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QW
Received 13 Jan 2025Clearwell And Stowe Hill Quarries Stowe Green St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QW
Received 15 Jan 2025Flat 1 Tan House 33 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 15 Jan 2025Ambleside Elton Road Elton Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1JN
Received 16 Jan 2025Whitemead Forest Park Folly Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JF
Received 16 Jan 2025Walnut Tree Cottage Upper Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4TS
Received 16 Jan 20253 The Orchards Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0PZ
Received 16 Jan 20258 Loop Road Beachley Chepstow NP16 7HE
Received 17 Jan 2025Records 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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