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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cockleberries 4 Windrush Burford Gloucestershire OX18 4TU
Received 5 Feb 20261 Chesterton Grove Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1XN
Received 5 Feb 2026Star Lane Avening Gloucestershire
Received 5 Feb 2026The Little House Victoria Road Quenington Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5BW
Received 6 Feb 20266 Oaklands Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1FA
Received 6 Feb 2026Berry Cottage Upper Town Barns High Street Longborough Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0QE
Received 6 Feb 202610 Bristol Road Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2NY
Received 6 Feb 2026Garden Cottage High Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AL
Received 6 Feb 2026Greenmeadow Farm Cottages Rendcomb Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DF
Received 6 Feb 2026Charingworth Manor Campden Road Charingworth Gloucestershire GL55 6NS
Received 6 Feb 2026Staddlestones Baunton Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2LN
Received 6 Feb 2026Calveshill House Calveshill Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AH
Received 6 Feb 2026Farthings Silver Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5TS
Received 6 Feb 2026Land West Of Hatherop Road Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 6 Feb 202612 Cotswold Close Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8RD
Received 6 Feb 2026Millbrook House Donnington Road Broadwell Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0TN
Received 6 Feb 2026Hawthorns The Farthings Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4DA
Received 9 Feb 2026Brendon Hilcote Drive Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DU
Received 9 Feb 2026Sycamore House Lansdowne Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AR
Received 9 Feb 20261 Meteor Close Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2PH
Received 9 Feb 2026The Hitchings Sevenhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5SL
Received 9 Feb 2026Hawcote House Hawcote Hill Cirencester Road Birdlip Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 8JL
Received 9 Feb 2026Ross House The Square Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire
Received 9 Feb 2026The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LL
Received 9 Feb 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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