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Cotswold District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cotswold District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,325Searchable applications
484Recorded as pending
23%Approval rate · 266 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Skip to main contentLocal plan Planning and buildingConservation areas Historic buildings and conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas144 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas22 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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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- Decided25/02240/COMPLY
Compliance of condition 11 (Fireplace surround details) of consent 23/01218/LBC. Refurbishment and alterations to the listed Building and external landscape works including a new swimming pool and pavilion
Morgan Hall London Road Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02241/COMPLY
Compliance of conditions 5 (Design Details) and 12 (Ecology Enhancements) of permission 24/02647/FUL. Variation of condition 2 (plans) of permission 24/00829/FUL - Conversion of barn to a residential dwelling with extension and associated outbuilding for bat mitigation
Fulford Withington Road Andoversford Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LL
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02242/FUL
External alterations including new cladding, windows, doors and internal alterations to include new first floor
Dutch Barn Coombe End Farm Elkstone Gloucestershire GL53 9PS
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02244/COMPLY
Compliance with conditions 4 (Sample materials), 11 (Design Details), 12 (Southern elevation drawings) of permission 24/02073/FUL - Renovation and extension to existing public house, amalgamation with attached dwelling and change of use from (E(b) and C3) to mixed use public house/inn (E(b)/C1)
Farriers Arms Todenham Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9PF
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02245/FUL
Removal of existing roof coverings, formation of new roof at 35 degrees, covering of roof using existing retained natural stone slates, formation of inverted dormer window to the front of first floor gable window
3 Sherborne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3DU
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02246/LBC
Removal of existing roof coverings, formation of new roof at 35 degrees, covering of roof using existing retained natural stone slates, formation of inverted dormer window to the front of first floor gable window
3 Sherborne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3DU
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02247/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 5 (Design details) of permission 23/03986/FUL- Demolition of existing stables and erection of one dwelling
Stables The Priory Pump Lane Long Newnton Gloucestershire
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02248/NONMAT
Non material amendment (adjustment to the fenestration on the front and rear elevations) to permission 23/03986/FUL - Demolition of existing stables and erection of one dwelling
Stables The Priory Pump Lane Long Newnton Gloucestershire
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02249/FUL
Erection of dining room extension to Hyde Barn, single storey prep kitchen outbuilding to east of Hyde Barn, single storey extension and entrance canopy to The Grange
Hyde House Hotel Fosseway Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1FA
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02250/FUL
Change of Use from Class F1(f) (place of worship) to Class E(f) (day nursery) and associated works
Meadowbank House Meadow Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1YA
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02251/NONMAT
Non-material amendment (Change of play equipment supplier and specification and change of play area designs) of permission 19/02248/FUL - Erection of 250 dwellings (to include 150 Market Housing and 100 Affordable Housing) with associated vehicular access, landscaping, drainage and public open space (phased development of 146 dwellings in phase 1, 92 dwellings in phase 2 and 12 dwellings in separate phases thereafter)
Land At Dunstall Farm Fosseway Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02252/TCONR
Dead Cherry - fellHawthorn - Reduce by 1/3Poplar - Reduce by 1/3
Eastleach Village Green And Eastleach Playing Field GL7 3NQ
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02253/TCONR
T1 Prunus - Reduce by 2-2.5m and shapeT2 Cherry - Reduce by 2-2.5m and shape
Chestnut Cottage 11 Wyck Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2PN
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02254/FUL
Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of permission 24/01961/FUL- Erection of single storey rear extensions and addition of dormer window
Crows Nest Upper Dowdeswell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LT
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02255/TCONR
Horse chestnutWorks- To fell the tree
The Old Rectory Duntisbourne Abbots Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7JN
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02256/TCONR
Yew tree reduced by up to 50% of canopy. Up to 4m taken off and shaped
Hope Lodge Wyck Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2PN
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02257/TCONR
Cherry plum 1.5 metre reduction as currently too big for the location
Appletree House Hospital Road Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0BP
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02258/TCONR
T1 - Sycamore - Raise lower canopy by approx 2m, reduce crown by approx 2m, remove dead branchesT2 - Cherry - Remove
Coopers Hill Todenham Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9PF
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02259/LBC
Replacement of existing timber windows and doors with double glazed timber windows and doors
Brook Cottage Silver Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5TP
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02260/LBC
Replacement of fascia signage to front and side & hanging sign and re-painting windows
Haine & Smith Opticians Ground Floor Left 5 Church Street Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8JG
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02261/TCONR
1) Complete removal of Conifer hedge on left hand boundary of property. 2) Crown adjustment to trees overhanging public footpath on the upper left hand boundary of the house. The species is 3 Birch Trees and 1 unidentified tree
Half Moon House Middle Chedworth Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AJ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02266/FUL
Erection of single storey extension to rear elevation
Greenways Perrotts Brook Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7BN
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02267/TCONR
Remove one tree, which is marked as T1 on the attached site plan. The tree is a "Purple Plum" tree
Hazleton Grange Hazleton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EB
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02268/LBC
Landscaping including alterations to front parking arrangements, terracing and means of enclosure
Barton House Barton Guiting Power Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5UF
Received 21 Jul 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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