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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Cottage 7 Hazleton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4DX
Received 27 Aug 2025Land Known As The Piece Station Road South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 27 Aug 2025Berry Cottage Upper Town Barns High Street Longborough Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0QE
Received 27 Aug 2025Amberdale Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BE
Received 27 Aug 20255 Reserve Edge Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3GG
Received 27 Aug 2025Royal Oak High Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UP
Received 27 Aug 2025Royal Oak High Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UP
Received 27 Aug 2025Land Parcel East Of Willersey Business Park Willersey Gloucestershire
Received 28 Aug 2025Post Office Market Place Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DB
Received 28 Aug 2025Post Office Market Place Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DB
Received 28 Aug 2025Lyncroft South Perrotts Brook Bagendon Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7BW
Received 28 Aug 202517 May Tree Close Coates Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6NQ
Received 28 Aug 2025Butchers Arms Chapel Lane Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6SD
Received 28 Aug 20252 The Old Manor Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XL
Received 28 Aug 20257 Bowmoor Edge Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3FH
Received 28 Aug 2025Elm Tree Cottage Sherborne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3DR
Received 28 Aug 202523 Sheep Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1RQ
Received 28 Aug 2025Village Farm Winson Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5ER
Received 28 Aug 2025Priory House Climperwell Road Brimpsfield Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 8LD
Received 28 Aug 202520 Northfield Road Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8HB
Received 29 Aug 2025Trinders Main Street Bledington Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6UX
Received 29 Aug 2025Fairford Bowling Club East End Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4AP
Received 29 Aug 2025Honeysuckle Cottage 3 Eastleach Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 3NQ
Received 29 Aug 2025Parish Church Market Place Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 29 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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