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Planning appeals in Forest of Dean

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Forest of Dean since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 388 planning appeals in Forest of Dean since 2016, of which 31% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 19 decisions, 22% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 26 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

406

appeals on record since 2016

31%

of decided appeals allowed

26 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 22% allowed

By appeal type

Householder30 decided

20% allowed

Minor271 decided

31% allowed

Major27 decided

59% allowed

Enforcement52 decided

8% allowed

Other23 decided

35% allowed

Not classified3 decided

0% allowed

By procedure

Written representations336 decided

29% allowed

Hearings45 decided

29% allowed

Inquiries25 decided

36% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 15 · 21% allowed 2025 · 42 · 34% allowed 2024 · 54 · 25% allowed 2023 · 31 · 33% allowed 2022 · 25 · 16% allowed 2021 · 36 · 30% allowed 2020 · 48 · 36% allowed 2019 · 50 · 30% allowed 2018 · 41 · 27% allowed 2017 · 33 · 48% allowed 2016 · 31 · 28% allowed

Latest decisions in Forest of Dean

Allowed23 September 2026· minor6008171
Land Adjacent to Parkend Club, Castlemain, Parkend, GL15 4JZ
Erection of 3 No. detached dwellings and 2 No. detached garages with associated amenity area, parking, turning and hardstanding (Revised Scheme)
Dismissed5 August 2026· householder6008731
11 The Scarr, Newent, GL18 1DQ
double storey side extension
Dismissed20 July 2026· minor6006083
Land At 33 High Street, Lydney, GL15 5DP
the construction of No. 4 new houses including access, drainage, landscaping and associated works
Dismissed20 July 2026· minor6005801
Land Adjacent Swan House Tea Room, Cone Valley, Woolaston, GL15 6AD
Permission in principle for the erection of 5 dwellings with associated works
Dismissed8 July 2026· minor6001129
Land Between Redhouse and Bluebell Cottage, Brockhollands,, Bream, GL15 4PP
Allowed2 July 2026· minor6003596
The Laurels Shop, A4136, Staunton (Coleford), GL16 8PA
change of use of former antique shop to one dwelling and the operational development necessary to facilitate the change of use including the recladding of the building
Dismissed24 June 20266006407
Perricks Barn, Church Lane, Westbury on Severn, GL14 1ND
Class Q Prior Notification to enable conversion former Perricks Barn, Church Lane, Westbury on Severn GL14 1ND into a single unit of residential accommodation
Allowed19 May 2026· major6002462
Land at Moat Farm, Newent, GL181JG
a ground mounted photovoltaic solar farm with an electrical generating capacity of up to 49.9MW together with associated equipment, infrastructure and ancillary works
Dismissed17 March 2026· householder6001483
Greenacres, Parkhill Common, Woolaston, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL156PU
the erection of a two-storey detached new build dwelling
Dismissed13 March 2026· minor6000913
Land Adjacent To The Kings Head Public House, Birdwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL19 3EF
the erection of up to 4 dwellings
Dismissed6 March 2026· ldc3366502
Rushmere Farm Stables Crossways, Coleford, GL16 8QP
the use of land for the siting of an unrestricted number of static caravans (within the legal definition of a caravan) for an unrestricted residential purpose all year round and the siting of an unrestricted number of tents for an unrestricted residential purpose all year round together with the siting of an unrestricted number of touring caravans with no individual touring caravan being sited on the site for longer than 4 weeks (as required by condition 03 of planning permission P1042/12/FUL)
Quashed On Legal Grounds18 February 2026· enforcement3366639
Silver Fox Cafe, Broadoak, Newnham, Gloucestershire, GL14 1JA
Without planning permission the material change of use of the agricultural land as a camping and caravan site including the unauthorised erection of W.C building and laundry building. The storage of shipping containers, a double decker bus, barge, shepherds hut, motor home and touring caravan, extension to the café building and siting of 2 no. prefabricated brick structures on the Land
Notice varied and upheld28 January 2026· enforcement3350832
Hulks Farm Allaston Road, Lydney, GL15 4EX
Without planning permission, the material change of use of land for the siting of a static caravan, being used as a separate residential unit
Notice varied and upheld23 January 2026· enforcement3332782
Land Adj to Bullo Pill, Bullo Pill , Newnham, GL14 1ED
Unauthorised engineering works undertaken to level the land adjacent to the River Severn, the siting of a mobile home and the residential use of that mobile home
Dismissed14 January 2026· major3362659
Land North of the Lydney Road, Bream, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 6ER
development of the land for up to 30 residential dwellings (C3) with associated highway access and infrastructure

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.