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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broadwell Road Lower Oddington
Received 2 Jan 2025Land Parcel At Elm Grove Elm Grove Ebrington Gloucestershire
Received 2 Jan 2025The Old Parsonage 30 Watermoor Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1JR
Received 28 Jul 2025Manor Farm Chavenage Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8XW
Received 28 Jul 2025Manor Farm Chavenage Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8XW
Received 28 Jul 2025Boat House Gatcombe Water Avening Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jul 2025Rivendell London Road Poulton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5JE
Received 28 Jul 2025Hazleton Grange Hazleton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EB
Received 28 Jul 202512 Salterley Grange Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QW
Received 28 Jul 2025Marlborough Cottage High Street Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AD
Received 28 Jul 2025Berry Farm Silver Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5TR
Received 29 Jul 2025Pear Tree Cottage Maugersbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1HR
Received 29 Jul 2025School House Hampnett Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3NN
Received 29 Jul 2025Old Coxwell Club 2 Coxwell Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2BH
Received 29 Jul 2025Coln House School Horcott Road Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4DB
Received 29 Jul 2025Court Farm Church Road Quenington Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5BN
Received 30 Jul 2025Hyperion House London Street Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AH
Received 30 Jul 2025Brandhouse Farm West End Avening Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8NE
Received 30 Jul 2025Terrance House 34 London Street Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AH
Received 30 Jul 2025Street Record Bow Wow South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jul 2025Flat Third Floor 21 - 23 West Market Place Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2AE
Received 30 Jul 2025Market House Market Place Northleach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3EJ
Received 30 Jul 2025Tallet House School Lane South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5TZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Scrubditch Farm North Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DZ
Received 30 Jul 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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