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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 dates9,905Searchable applications
279Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 8,686 approved or refused records
815Refused applications
7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- ConsentP0679/25/NONMAT
Non-material amendment to planning permission P0876/23/APP for the alteration of the parking area serving plots 156 - 159 and 197 - 200 from private driveway to adoptable highway design
Land Off Lydney Bypass & Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 4 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0680/25/FUL
Single storey front extension to kitchen and first floor rear extension to provide 4th bedroom and family bathroom, along with internal alterations. Construction of detached double garage with room over.
Grove House Lower Cinder Hill St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QF
Received 5 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0681/25/TCA
Fell 1 x Whitebeam next to pedestrian access to Bathurst Park from the car park. Tree has a major cavity and cracking at crown break and the tree is located next to an area of high footfall.
Bathurst Park Bathurst Park Road Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5HG
Received 5 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0682/25/DISCON
Discharge of Condition 6 (Biodiversity Enhancements) relating to planning permission P0187/25/FUL
The Grange Braceland Christchurch Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7NP
Received 5 Jun 2025 - UnknownP0684/25/CPC
Site extension to change of use of land to operational land for sewage treatment purposed to accommodate treatment plant, infrastructure, plant and associated landscaping.
Sewage Treatment Works Oridge Street Corse Gloucestershire GL19 3DA
Received 4 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0685/25/APP
Application for the approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) and details required by Conditions 4 (pedestrian crossings), 5 (site and floor levels), 9 (noise protection scheme), 12 (site investigations), 14 (phasing and implementation plan), 15 (Construction Environmental Management Plan - Biodiversity), 16 (landscaping scheme), 17 (ecological design strategy), 18 (landscape and ecological management plan), 19 (lighting strategy), 21 (arboricultural management plan), 22 (sustainable drainage system), 23 (foul water drainage), 24 (SuDS management and maintenance plan) and 25 (waste minimisation plan) of outline planning permission P0577/20/OUT for proposed mixed use development and site clearance (revised description).
Engelhard Complex Valley Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PB
Received 5 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0686/25/FUL
Erection of a first floor side extension
9 Oakhill Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BN
Received 6 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0688/25/LD1
Application under Section 191 to establish the use as a dwelling
Boxbush Barn Oxenhall Lane Gorsley Ross On Wye HR9 7BJ
Received 6 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0689/25/TCA
Yew tree (T1) adjacent to drive, fell to as near ground level as possible. Copper Beech (T2), reduce large lateral extending towards garage through Yews by 4 metres to a suitable live point to reduce leverage and risk of collapse. Lightly raise crown overhanging garden to 5 metres above ground level. Canopy overhanging neighbouring property to the east, reduce lateral branches by approximately 2 metres to 6 metres to prevent encroachment, removing end sections encroaching on neighbouring property.
Stoneberrow House The Village Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AJ
Received 6 Jun 2025 - RefusedP0691/25/FUL
Erection of 3 bedroom self-build bungalow access and turning
Land At Main Road South Of Ross Road Gorsley HR9 7SW
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0692/25/LD2
Application under section 192 to establish whether the erection of a rear single storey extension and front porch requires planning permission
Tump Cottage Hollywell Lane Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7PJ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0693/25/LBC
Listed building consent for the replacement of external lighting and security features to the front and rear elevations, revised internal door and partition arrangements to ground first and second floors and installation of a fire-mist fire suppression system to the first floor, oak newel posts and baluster rails to the exposed stairs to the second floor.
Ostrich Inn Newland Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NP
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0694/25/FUL
Erection of an outbuilding for use as an annexe
Woodview Cottage Four Oaks Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1LU
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0695/25/NONMAT
Non-material amendment to planning permission P1348/23/FUL to allow changes to the approved plans for house 2 to include changes to the internal configuration, changes to the approved windows and inclusion of garage doors
Barn At Meredith Lane Tibberton Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0696/25/TPO
Reduce height of Field Maple covered by G1 of DFTPO 65 to a height of 2 metres to form hedging as originally planned. Tree is situated at end of hedgerow and overhanging drive access. Ingrown bark on a number of low branches with a potential to failure.
Laurel Cottage Kempley Green Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BW
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0697/25/TPO
Oak situated on left hand side of agricultural access covered by G1 of DFTPO 65. Reduce large lateral extending west towards property, removing westerly section nearest gable end and garage by 2 metres to leave 6 metres. Lower canopy from lower limb extending southwest over agricultural access, reduce in length by 2 metres to leave 5 metres to prevent further encroachment over access for agricultural vehicles. Work is proposed due to extensive weight on large limb extending west towards property and to prevent encroachment.
Laurel Cottage Kempley Green Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BW
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0698/25/DISCON
Discharge of Conditions 05 (scheme for hard and soft landscaping) relating to planning permission P0162/21/FUL.
Agricultural Shed Mount Olivers Meadow Blackwells End Hartpury GL19 3DB
Received 16 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0703/25/FUL
Erection of rear extension and replacement of flat roof with apex roof
20 Coombs Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8AY
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0704/25/TCA
Fell 1 x Laburnum (marked as number 1 on submitted sketch plan), due to pronounced lean of 25% from vertical with exposed roots. Lean of tree has increased since last year and there is a risk of it falling onto parked cars or passing pedestrians.
Duart House 3 Smithyman Court Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1SA
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Pending ConsiderationP0711/25/OUT
Outline planning application for the erection of up to 105 dwellings including affordable housing with public open space, landscaping, sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access. All matters reserved except for means of access. (Revised description.)
Land Off The Fairways Huntley Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0712/25/FUL
Demolition of garage and front porch and erection of two storey front extension with oak framed porch
Oak View Oakwood Road Sling Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8JG
Received 10 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0713/25/FUL
Erection of ancillary garden outbuilding and carport, and change of use of land from agricultural to residential amenity space (part retrospective)
Brays Croft Moorend Road Eldersfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 4NS
Received 10 Jun 2025 - ConsentP0715/25/TPO
Application to remove dieback and deadwood from outer edges of canopy of Holly tree covered by T2 of Tree Preservation Order number DFTPO 185 that overhangs into the neighbouring property The Walled Garden. This will be a reduction of the overhanging branches by between 6 to 8 feet in length.
Holly Bank Graces Pitch Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1SU
Received 11 Jun 2025 - DecidedP0720/25/LD2
Application under section 192 to establish whether the construction of a rear dormer window requires planning permission
31 Kells Meend Berry Hill Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AD
Received 11 Jun 2025
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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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