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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7,871 approved · 815 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodside Bailey Lane Hewelsfield Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6XE
Received 22 Sept 2026Countryside Day Nursery Barn Lane Corse Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3RH
Received 23 Sept 2026Motorbikes4all Limited Horsefair Lane Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1RG
Received 23 Sept 2026Land South Of Elmstone Ledbury Road Staunton Gloucestershire
Received 24 Sept 202678 Grove Road Christchurch Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7AF
Received 24 Sept 2026Boulsdon House Great Boulsdon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1JJ
Received 25 Sept 2026Belfield House Hilgay Road Brockweir Chepstow NP16 7NU
Received 25 Sept 2026The Hortons Kings Green Berrow Malvern WR13 6AQ
Received 25 Sept 20262 Bridge Cottage Shapridge Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0ED
Received 28 Sept 2026Land At Gloucester Road Corse Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 2026Land East Of 115 High Street Cinderford Gloucestershire
Received 28 Sept 2026Land At The Wilberns Woodend Road Harrow Hill Gloucestershire
Received 28 Sept 2026Hillgrove Marcle Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AR
Received 28 Sept 2026White Horse Inn Staunton Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8PA
Received 28 Sept 2026Threshing Barn Crump Farm Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 29 Sept 2026Threshing Barn Crump Farm Naas Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 29 Sept 2026Taynton Court Farm Kents Green Road Taynton Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3AH
Received 30 Sept 202645 Woolaston Grange Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PP
Received 30 Sept 2026Morse Cottage Morse Lane Drybrook Gloucestershire GL17 9BA
Received 1 Oct 2026The Nab Church Road Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1AX
Received 2 Oct 2026Blacksmiths Arms Main Road Alvington Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6AU
Received 2 Oct 2026Hazelhurst Ledbury Road Dymock Gloucestershire GL18 2AG
Received 6 Oct 2026Keynsham Farm Keynsham Lane Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PY
Received 6 Oct 2026Flat 1 The Lodge Church Street St Briavels Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6TB
Received 6 Oct 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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