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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 20 Jun 2025Little Orchard Back Ends Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AU
Received 20 Jun 2025Lyndon Kennel Lane Broadwell Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0TJ
Received 20 Jun 2025Manor Farm London Road Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3DU
Received 20 Jun 2025Ford Hill Farm Temple Guiting Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5XU
Received 20 Jun 2025Byways Back Lane Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AG
Received 23 Jun 2025The Smithy Limes Road Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6FS
Received 23 Jun 202521 Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EF
Received 23 Jun 2025Coberley Mill Coberley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NH
Received 23 Jun 2025100 Poole Keynes Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6EG
Received 23 Jun 202515 Queen Elizabeth Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1DH
Received 23 Jun 2025Barnsley Cottage 12 - 13 Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EF
Received 23 Jun 202536 Hatherop Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 3NA
Received 23 Jun 2025The Mead House 20 Thomas Street Cirencester Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL7 2AX
Received 23 Jun 2025Stones Throw Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EF
Received 23 Jun 2025Manor Farm Buildings Upper Slaughter Gloucestershire
Received 23 Jun 2025Tallet Barn Duntisbourne Leer Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7AS
Received 23 Jun 2025Cold Aston C Of E Primary School Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BN
Received 23 Jun 2025Abdale House High Street Northleach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3EU
Received 23 Jun 2025Abdale House High Street Northleach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3EU
Received 23 Jun 202534 The Avenue Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1EJ
Received 23 Jun 2025Hampen Farm Hampen Andoversford Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5RH
Received 23 Jun 20259 Chesterton Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1XG
Received 24 Jun 2025The Silk Mill 1 Bankside High Street Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9EX
Received 24 Jun 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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