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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lavender Cottage Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG
Received 2 Jan 2026High House Sheep Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6DR
Received 2 Jan 2026The Round House Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XP
Received 2 Jan 2026Old Orchard Broad Campden Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6UX
Received 2 Jan 2026College Barn Cottage Temple Guiting Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5RS
Received 2 Jan 2026Hunters Care Centre Cherry Tree Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5DT
Received 2 Jan 2026Land South West Of Goldfinch House Totterdown Lane Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 16 Dec 2025Peter Hammond Motorcycles Ltd 40 - 44 Watermoor Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1LD
Received 2 Jan 2026The Folly Chavenage Lane Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8XN
Received 2 Jan 2026Millbank House Winson Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EW
Received 2 Jan 2026Chittlegrove Rendcomb Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DG
Received 2 Jan 2026Bibury Trout Farm Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NL
Received 2 Jan 20265 Downs Way Baunton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DH
Received 5 Jan 2026Moorhouse Climperwell Road Brimpsfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 8LG
Received 5 Jan 2026Greens Cottage Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 5 Jan 2026Braecroft Upper Oddington Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0XJ
Received 5 Jan 2026Holly House Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NL
Received 5 Jan 2026The Gables North Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DA
Received 5 Jan 2026143 Gloucester Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2DP
Received 5 Jan 2026Street Record Dugdale Road Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jan 2026Stable House Wood Stanway Cheltenham
Received 23 Dec 2025Chantry House The Street Daglingworth Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7AQ
Received 5 Jan 2026Rollright Quarry Little Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5QB
Received 23 Dec 2025Toad Hall 30 Coxwell Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2BH
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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