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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Boseley Court Blaisdon Road Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LT
Received 20 May 2026Boseley Court Blaisdon Road Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LT
Received 20 May 202626 Bigstone Meadow Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7JU
Received 21 May 2026The Coach House Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AE
Received 21 May 2026Poolway Farm Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7QA
Received 21 May 2026Land South Of Moorfield Avenue Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4DA
Received 21 May 2026Land At Woodend Farm Broom Hill Huntley Gloucestershire
Received 22 May 20265 - 7 Market Street Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2RT
Received 21 May 2026Kingsweir Church Road Longhope Gloucestershire GL17 0LG
Received 22 May 20266 Lovett Close Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RZ
Received 25 May 2026Boseley Court Blaisdon Road Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LT
Received 26 May 202630 The Links Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8HX
Received 26 May 2026Forest Leisure Coleford Beech Avenue Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7JU
Received 28 May 2026Boseley Court Blaisdon Road Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LT
Received 26 May 2026Camp Cottage Upleadon Road Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HS
Received 26 May 2026Camp Cottage Upleadon Road Highleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HS
Received 27 May 2026Boseley Court Blaisdon Road Westbury On Severn Gloucestershire GL14 1LT
Received 27 May 2026Blue Gables The Tufts Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6HN
Received 26 May 2026Maplestone House Coleford Road Bream Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6ES
Received 29 May 2026The Paddocks Prince Crescent Staunton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RF
Received 28 May 2026Land At Sunnyside Oakwood Road Bream GL15 6HS
Received 29 May 2026Witchways Lydney Road Yorkley Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4RR
Received 28 May 2026Land At Viney Quarry Pine Tree Way Viney Hill GL15 4NT
Received 29 May 2026Land Adjacent To Poolway Farm Gloucester Road Coleford Gloucestershire
Received 29 May 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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