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Bream planning approval rate

Bream ward in Forest of Dean has a 88.4% approval rate based on 242 planning decisions. Forest of Dean overall: 90.6%.

Last updated: March 2026

88.4%
ward approval rate
242
Decisions
214
Approved
28
Refused
90.6%
Forest of Dean average

Bream is 2.2 percentage points below the Forest of Dean average, suggesting slightly tighter scrutiny in this ward. Preparation matters more here.

How Bream compares

Bream ward (242 decided)
88.4%
Forest of Dean overall (6,046 decided)
90.6%
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Recent decisions in Bream

Partial conversion of the existing garage into a small, home-based beauty treatm · Wed 04 Feb 2026
Approved
Change of use of a self-contained one-bedroom annexe from ancillary residential · Wed 28 Jan 2026
Approved
Creation of new driveway with dropped kerb to main road, partial removal of fron · Thu 15 Jan 2026
Approved
Erection of a single-storey rear and side extension, demolition of garage and ou · Tue 13 Jan 2026
Approved
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of rear porch and · Tue 23 Dec 2025
Approved

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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 6,046 decisions.

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