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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.
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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Furnace Barns Furnace Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DD
Received 7 Apr 2025Paunt House Farm Castle Tump Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LS
Received 7 Apr 202511 Culver Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DB
Received 9 Apr 2025Colliers Brook Cottages 3 Lower Common Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DX
Received 10 Apr 2025Sunnyside House Birdwood Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3EH
Received 10 Apr 2025Belvedere Buttermilk Lane Rudford Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8DY
Received 11 Apr 2025Montrose Road From Junction With A48 To Junction With Severn View Netherend Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NN
Received 11 Apr 2025Foxfield Road From The Causeway To Junction With The Lottery Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HS
Received 11 Apr 2025Land (E) 369772 (N) 231107 Kempley Road Dymock Gloucestershire
Received 11 Apr 2025Green Acres Parkhill Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PU
Received 14 Apr 2025Elm Villa Lane From Junction At The Cross To Springfield Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1NX
Received 14 Apr 2025The Coach House Bicknor Court English Bicknor Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7PD
Received 14 Apr 2025The Meadows Clanna Lane Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6BD
Received 14 Apr 2025Castleford House Nursing Home Castleford Gardens Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7LF
Received 14 Apr 202527 Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8BH
Received 14 Apr 2025Barn South Of Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 11 Apr 2025Electric Tower OHL Highleadon Solar Farm Highleadon Gloucestershire
Received 14 Apr 2025Winscombe Bromley Road Ellwood Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7LZ
Received 14 Apr 2025Ludlow House Church Square Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DX
Received 15 Apr 20251 Little Box Cottages Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EU
Received 15 Apr 2025Poplars Farm Huntley Road Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AB
Received 15 Apr 2025Forest Hills Golf Club Mile End Road Mile End Gloucestershire GL16 7QD
Received 16 Apr 2025Barn South Of Green Croft Farm Taynton Gloucestershire GL19 3AN
Received 11 Apr 2025Land North Of Danford Lane Hartpury Gloucestershire GL19 3BQ
Received 16 Apr 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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