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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rollright Quarry Little Rollright Chipping Norton OX7 5QB
Received 20 Aug 2025Barrington Park Estate Land To The South East Of Great Rissington Great Rissington Gloucestershire GL54 2LR
Received 20 Aug 202536 Ampney Crucis Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5SF
Received 22 Aug 2025Ablington Manor Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NY
Received 22 Aug 2025Melville Cottage Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 22 Aug 20254 Down Ampney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5QW
Received 26 Aug 202530 Berry Hill Crescent Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2HG
Received 26 Aug 2025Troopers Lodge Garage Bourton-on-the-Hill Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9TE
Received 26 Aug 2025The Limes 12 Bath Road Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8EF
Received 26 Aug 20256 Cotswold Close Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8RD
Received 26 Aug 2025Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH
Received 26 Aug 2025Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH
Received 26 Aug 2025Fosseway Farm Broadwell Road Gloucestershire GL56 0UQ
Received 26 Aug 2025Ingleside House 5 Beeches Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1BN
Received 26 Aug 202515 Queen Elizabeth Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1DH
Received 26 Aug 2025Saltway Farm Saltway Coln St Dennis Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3QB
Received 26 Aug 2025Clayfurlong Farm Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BS
Received 26 Aug 2025Smerrill Farm Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BW
Received 26 Aug 2025Kemble Railway Station Windmill Road Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6AW
Received 26 Aug 2025Land And Properties At Berkeley Close South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 26 Aug 2025Land And Properties At Berkeley Close South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 26 Aug 2025Jolly Nice Cafe Stroud Road Frampton Mansell Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8HZ
Received 26 Aug 2025Orchard House Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NY
Received 26 Aug 2025West Cottage 7 Hazleton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4DX
Received 25 Aug 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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