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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Seymour Gate Chipping Campden Gloucestershire
Received 19 May 2025Duttons High Street Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AQ
Received 19 May 2025Donnywell Cottage Brockhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5XQ
Received 19 May 2025Whetstone Bridge Farmhouse Cricklade Swindon Gloucestershire SN6 6LL
Received 19 May 2025The Orchard Calveshill Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AH
Received 19 May 2025The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LL
Received 19 May 2025The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LL
Received 19 May 2025Kiftsgate Court Kiftsgate Mickleton Gloucestershire GL55 6LN
Received 19 May 2025Hignalls Close Arlington Green Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NE
Received 19 May 2025Farthing Cottage 5 Chapel Street Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1DA
Received 20 May 20251 Triangle Cottages Donnington Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0XY
Received 20 May 202516 Dormers Close Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8HJ
Received 20 May 2025Bye The Way Rendcomb Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DF
Received 20 May 2025Melbank Station Road Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9DT
Received 20 May 2025Thatched Cottage The Green Little Barrington Burford Gloucestershire OX18 4TE
Received 20 May 2025Rookery House Middle Chedworth Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AJ
Received 19 May 2025Caradon Mill Lane Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HX
Received 20 May 2025Elm Cottage Norton Hall Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6PU
Received 20 May 2025Land Off Station Road South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 21 May 2025Mill Cottage Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BE
Received 21 May 2025Scrubbetts Farmhouse Bagpath Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8YG
Received 21 May 2025Manor Hall Chedworth Road Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BN
Received 21 May 2025Hathaway House Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BW
Received 21 May 2025Hilltop House Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 21 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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