Understanding planning · 13 min read
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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Kempsford Quarry Washpool Lane Kempsford Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4NJ
Received 8 Sept 20254 Hampton Grove Meysey Hampton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5JN
Received 9 Sept 20257 Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 9 Sept 20257 Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LP
Received 9 Sept 2025Royal Oak High Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UP
Received 9 Sept 20251 Tally Ho Court Old Burford Road Bledington Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6UT
Received 9 Sept 20252 Tally Ho Court Old Burford Road Bledington Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6UT
Received 9 Sept 2025Friday Island Poole Keynes Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6ED
Received 9 Sept 2025Vine Cottage Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NR
Received 9 Sept 20258 Garden Close Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1UW
Received 10 Sept 2025Churn Cottage Grove Farm Lane Cold Aston Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3BJ
Received 10 Sept 2025Garners Field London Road Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4DS
Received 10 Sept 2025Penhill Reservoir Salperton Park Hazleton Gloucestershire
Received 10 Sept 2025Causey Barn Eastleach Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 3NQ
Received 10 Sept 202527 Coxwell Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2BQ
Received 10 Sept 202528 Tower Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1EF
Received 10 Sept 2025Brooke House Ewen Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BU
Received 10 Sept 2025Road Bridge Over River Leach Eastleach Gloucestershire
Received 10 Sept 2025William House Blind Lane Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6ED
Received 10 Sept 2025Greengage Cottage 15 Ampney St Peter Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5SH
Received 10 Sept 2025Lorien High Street Kempsford Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4EQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Hidcote Manor Gardens Hidcote Bartrim Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6LR
Received 10 Sept 2025Church Cottage Shorncote Somerford Keynes Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6DE
Received 11 Sept 2025Land Parcel At E410537 N197498 Down Ampney Gloucestershire
Received 11 Sept 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage