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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Parcel At E405051 N211235 Chedworth Gloucestershire
Received 17 Sept 2025Street Record Slys Close Northleach Gloucestershire
Received 12 Sept 2025TESCO Priory Way Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8HZ
Received 17 Sept 2025The Fold Cotswold Meadows Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2FN
Received 17 Sept 2025Land West Of Hatherop Road Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 17 Sept 2025Westonbirt School Westonbirt Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8QG
Received 17 Sept 2025South Farm House Shipton Oliffe Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4JF
Received 17 Sept 2025Compton Farm Compton Abdale Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4DL
Received 17 Sept 202511 Whittington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4HB
Received 18 Sept 2025Church View Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LN
Received 18 Sept 202557 Sevenhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5SL
Received 18 Sept 2025Ebrington Hill Farm Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6LY
Received 18 Sept 2025The Manor House Driffield Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5PZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Old Coombe House 3 New Church Street Tetbury Gloucestershire
Received 18 Sept 2025Church Farm Crudwell Lane Long Newnton Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8RS
Received 18 Sept 202520 The Square Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NS
Received 18 Sept 202520 The Square Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NS
Received 18 Sept 202539 Victoria Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1ES
Received 18 Sept 2025Norton Hall Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6PX
Received 19 Sept 2025The Long House Sherborne Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3DJ
Received 19 Sept 2025Bibury Trout Farm Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NL
Received 19 Sept 2025Stone Cottage Duntisbourne Abbots Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7JN
Received 19 Sept 2025Manor House Frampton Mansell Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8JF
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Parcel At E416541 N244341 Mattock Mews Mickleton Gloucestershire
Received 19 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.
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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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