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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More application records
- Decided25/02532/FUL
Alterations and repairs to the Old Farmhouse and associated garage
Old Farmhouse Ford Temple Guiting Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5RU
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02533/LBC
Alterations and repairs to the Old Farmhouse and associated garage
Old Farmhouse Ford Temple Guiting Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5RU
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02534/TCONR
T1 - Magnolia- Crown reduction by 1.5 metres to clear building T2 Spindel Crown Reduction by 1 meter to old points.
Gravel Cottage Chapel Lane Weston Subedge Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6QN
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02535/FUL
Provision of 2 air source heat pumps in the side garden and associated ecological enhancement and landscape works
Rock Bank High Street Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9HD
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02536/FUL
Variation of condition 3 (materials) of permission 22/04267/FUL - Erection of single-storey front and rear extensions and two-storey side extension
20 Court Field Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8LF
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02537/AGFO
Prior notification for the erection of a timber shed for the housing of a water pump and the addition of a concrete pad for the housing of a water storage container
Land Between Northleach And Eastington Eastington Gloucestershire
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02538/LBC
Replacement of a timber capital on a like for like basis
21 - 23 Gloucester Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2DJ
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02539/TCONR
T1-Yew-Crown reduce 1.5 metres due to overhang property and foot path. Reduce by up to 0.5 metres highways side due obstructing footpathT2- Yew-Crown reduce 1.5 metres garden side due to proximity to house . Reduce by up to 0.5 metres highways side due obstructing footpath.T3-Yew- Reduce by up to 0.5 metres highways side due to obstructing footpath.
1 Hawthorn Cottages Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1DN
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02540/CLEUD
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the use of Dereham House flat as an independent dwelling separate from Dereham House retail unit
Dereham House High Street Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0AD
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02541/CLEUD
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the use of Rowan Cottage as an independent dwelling from Dereham House
Rowan Cottage High Street Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0AD
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02543/TCONR
T2-Common Horse chestnut - Reduce low damaged limb by 1.5m and balance lawn side of tree
Armscote House Dowdeswell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LU
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02544/TPO
T1-Copper Beech - Crown Reduce by up to 2 metres all round, due to encroaching on road side and buildings .crown raise low branches to 4.5 metres to balance
Newlands House Evesham Road Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1EJ
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02545/FUL
Addition of two new dormers to the east elevation
Ardmore Middle Chedworth Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AL
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02546/CLOPUD
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development under Section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to extend existing kerb and widen access. Hardstanding to be created using permeable tarmac
31 Broadleaze Down Ampney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5QX
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02548/TCONR
WIllow tree at the front of the property that - pollard
The Orchards Rectory Lane Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LL
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02549/TCONR
Lime (T1) - fell as in poor health with significant deadwood
1 New Inn Lane Avening Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8NB
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02550/TCONR
T1 Ash-Fell ground level-due to proximity to road
Campden Surgery Back Ends Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AU
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02551/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 6 (landscape strategy) of permission 24/03078/FUL - Variation of condition 2 (Plans) of permission 24/00369/FUL - Erection of replacement dwelling, detached garage, swimming pool and associated landscaping works
Little Acre Hilcot End Ampney Crucis Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5HG
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02552/CLEUD
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the stationing of a shepherd hut in the garden of Oakham House for ancillary accommodation
Oakham House Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NL
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02553/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 5 (sample walling panel) of permission 23/02101/FUL - Demolition of 56 no. existing REEMA non-traditional residential units and 21 lock up garages, stopping up of existing highway and the erection of 82 no. new residential units, the retention and refurbishment of 2 existing residential units, together with associated new proposed adopted highway, access drives, open space, external works and landscaping
Land And Properties At Berkeley Close South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02554/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 2 (details) of consent 25/00787/LBC - Retention of ground floor as Class E (Retail Shop) and change of use of upper floors to one flat
40 Market Place Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2NW
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02555/FUL
Erection of a garden studio/home office
1 Woodway Cottage Bath Road Didmarton Badminton Gloucestershire GL9 1DU
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02556/TCONR
x3 leylandii fell, in poor condition due to poor pruning and outgrown there space, to promote other trees growth and possibly replant
34 North Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7BZ
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02557/LBC
Take down and rebuild top section of west gable and associated chimney
Churchill Inn Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XH
Received 13 Aug 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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