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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Latimer Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2PZ
Received 8 Jul 2025Great Hoggins Farm Bream Road St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6QY
Received 8 Jul 2025Trelawny Fancy Road Parkend Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4JN
Received 8 Jul 2025Burnt House Main Road Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PJ
Received 8 Jul 2025Preecemoor Farm School Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LJ
Received 9 Jul 2025Pear Tree Farm Popes Hill Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1LD
Received 9 Jul 202510 Crane Pool Avenue Sedbury Chepstow NP16 7FS
Received 10 Jul 202525 High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2SF
Received 9 Jul 2025Cannop Ponds Cannop Road Parkend Gloucestershire GL15 4JS
Received 10 Jul 2025Blaize Bailey Farm Blaize Bailey Littledean Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3PA
Received 14 Jul 2025Pool Cottage Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 10 Jul 2025Pears Cottage Corsend Road Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BP
Received 14 Jul 202515 Westerley Close Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3EB
Received 15 Jul 2025Tubular Cottages Beachley Road Tutshill NP16 7ED
Received 15 Jul 2025Oaks Meadow Oaks Meadow Lane Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3FE
Received 15 Jul 2025Hillside House Bulley Churcham Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8BJ
Received 16 Jul 2025Gumbersland Barn Bigsweir St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RR
Received 17 Jul 20251 Sunnyside Woodend Road Harrow Hill Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9LA
Received 18 Jul 202525 Queen Street Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 5LZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Crooked End Barn Upper Lydbrook Lydbrook Gloucestershire GL17 9PZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Clifton House The Lottery Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HX
Received 18 Jul 2025Lynwood Highfield Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JB
Received 18 Jul 202531 Meendhurst Road Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2EF
Received 21 Jul 202517 Orchard Rise Tibberton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AT
Received 21 Jul 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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