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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upton Farm Cottage Tetbury Upton Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8LP
Received 24 Sept 2025Rectory Farmhouse Broadwell Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0TL
Received 24 Sept 2025Land South West Of Swan Hotel The Street Bibury Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 2025Warren House 169 Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BT
Received 25 Sept 2025Wheatsheaf 79 Cricklade Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1JF
Received 25 Sept 2025Oakfields Cricklade Road South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5QE
Received 20 Aug 2025Yells Yard Cirencester Road Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 2025Waters Edge At Ewen Ewen Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BY
Received 25 Sept 20259 Silver Street Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DH
Received 25 Sept 20259 Silver Street Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DH
Received 25 Sept 2025Yells Yard Cirencester Road Fairford Gloucestershire
Received 3 Oct 2025Spring Road Cottage Ditch Lane Winson Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5ER
Received 25 Sept 2025Ivy Cottage The Square Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HU
Received 25 Sept 2025Hill Cottage The Quarry Brockhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5XL
Received 25 Sept 2025Lake 63 Somerford Keynes Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 202559 Great Barrington Burford Gloucestershire OX18 4UR
Received 25 Sept 202559 Great Barrington Burford Gloucestershire OX18 4UR
Received 25 Sept 2025St Annes High Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AL
Received 25 Sept 2025Arlington Mill Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NL
Received 25 Sept 2025The Old Farm Hawks Lane Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AH
Received 25 Sept 2025The Old Farm Hawks Lane Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AH
Received 25 Sept 202544 Courtbrook Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4BE
Received 25 Sept 2025Bank Farmhouse Todenham Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9PA
Received 26 Sept 2025Landings 13 Proctor Way Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2RA
Received 26 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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