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
88.4%
Forest of Dean overall
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
Change of use of a self-contained one-bedroom annexe from ancillary residential · Wed 28 Jan 2026
Creation of new driveway with dropped kerb to main road, partial removal of fron · Thu 15 Jan 2026
Erection of a single-storey rear and side extension, demolition of garage and ou · Tue 13 Jan 2026
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of rear porch and · Tue 23 Dec 2025
What gets approved near your property?
In Forest of Dean, 1 in 11 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Forest of Dean
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 6,046 decisions.