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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 Cotswold District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2021 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mawley House Mawley Road Quenington Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5BH
Received 28 Apr 2025Rissington Cottage Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 28 Apr 2025Rissington Cottage Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 28 Apr 202518 Huntsman Causeway Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3DT
Received 29 Apr 2025Alton House Kingscote Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8XZ
Received 29 Apr 2025Longmoor House Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NW
Received 29 Apr 2025Ewen Springs Ewen Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BY
Received 30 Apr 202523 Littleworth Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6BD
Received 1 May 2025Manor House Upper Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1EW
Received 6 May 2025Manor House Upper Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1EW
Received 6 May 20254 The Lennards South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UX
Received 6 May 2025Manor Farm Syde Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PN
Received 6 May 20253 Delfin Way Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2GU
Received 6 May 202533 Kingshill Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1DE
Received 7 May 2025Lapstone Cottage Near Lapstone Barn Westington Hill Chipping Campden GL55 6UR
Received 7 May 2025Willow Dene Broadway Road Willersey Broadway Gloucestershire WR12 7PH
Received 7 May 2025Land North East Of New Barn Farm Temple Guiting Gloucestershire
Received 7 May 202521 Badsey Lane Willersey Broadway Gloucestershire WR12 7PR
Received 7 May 2025Windfalls Silver Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5TP
Received 8 May 202510 Shepherds Way Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2EY
Received 8 May 2025Northwick Park Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9RJ
Received 9 May 2025Copse Hill House Copse Hill Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HZ
Received 9 May 2025Santander 8 Market Place Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2PN
Received 9 May 202516 Kingshill Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1DE
Received 12 May 2025Records 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 Cotswold 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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