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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
New Rock House Kempley Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2BB
Received 15 Jan 20261 Whitegates Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JB
Received 15 Jan 2026Stantway House Rock Lane Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1QF
Received 15 Jan 2026Pauntley Court Pauntley Court Drive Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JA
Received 15 Jan 2026The Old Rectory Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 14 Jan 2026The Club High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BS
Received 16 Jan 2026Brays Croft Moorend Road Eldersfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 4NS
Received 16 Jan 2026Kingston House High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BB
Received 16 Jan 2026Penfold Main Road Pillowell Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4QY
Received 16 Jan 2026The Old Rectory Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 16 Jan 2026Swallow Barn Etloe Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AT
Received 19 Jan 2026Court Farm Kempley Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AT
Received 19 Jan 2026Court Farm Kempley Gloucestershire GL18 2AT
Received 19 Jan 20261 Anchor House Station Road Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1BB
Received 19 Jan 2026Corse Grange Cottage Gloucester Road Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ
Received 19 Jan 2026The Old Rectory Main Road Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3DZ
Received 19 Jan 2026Scar Farm Hawcross Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JQ
Received 20 Jan 2026Kennel Farm Mill End Clearwell Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NF
Received 20 Jan 2026The Granary Churches Farm Eggs Tump Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SA
Received 21 Jan 2026Close Turf Farm Bream Road St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6RA
Received 21 Jan 2026Land West Of Foxfield Redmarley Gloucestershire GL19 3HS
Received 21 Jan 2026Rural Building North Of Ross Road Longhope Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jan 2026Court Farm The Village Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LW
Received 22 Jan 2026Huntley Manor Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HQ
Received 22 Jan 2026Records 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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