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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Old Orchard The Green Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3JT
Received 13 Apr 2026Halmar Brecon Way Edge End Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EW
Received 13 Apr 2026Rhos Craig Beech Way Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6NB
Received 14 Apr 2026Holly Brook (formerly The Lake) Wyndbrook Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LF
Received 20 Apr 2026Holly Brook (formerly The Lake) Wyndbrook Lane Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LF
Received 14 Apr 2026Selwyn Cottage Walmore Hill Minsterworth Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 8LA
Received 14 Apr 2026Unit 6 Bromsberrow Heath Business Park Bromsberrow Heath Ledbury HR8 1PG
Received 14 Apr 2026Lloyd Farm Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NU
Received 15 Apr 202611 Ruspidge Road Ruspidge Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 3AD
Received 15 Apr 2026The Old Police Station Parkend Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6JX
Received 15 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To No 4 (plots1&2) Sedbury Lane Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7DU
Received 16 Apr 2026Quarry Hill House Hobbs Lane Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0NB
Received 16 Apr 2026Land Adjoining B4215 Malswick Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2026Land South East Of Severndale Farm Tidenham
Received 17 Apr 2026Murrells End Barn Murrells End Redmarley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3LR
Received 17 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To Poolway Farm Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2026Poolway Farm Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QA
Received 17 Apr 2026Toneys Cottage Bromsberrow Ledbury HR8 1SF
Received 17 Apr 2026Land South East Of Barnage Farm Barnage Road Alvington Gloucestershire
Received 20 Apr 2026Sandford House Sandford Road Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6DP
Received 21 Apr 2026Former Swimming Pool Building St Johns On The Hill School Castleford Hill Tutshill
Received 21 Apr 2026Land North Of Littledean Road Elton Newnham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Apr 2026Pebbles Cottage Church Lane Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BX
Received 22 Apr 2026Land At Corner House Over Old Road Hartpury Gloucestershire
Received 22 Apr 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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