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Cotswold District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cotswold District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,325Searchable applications
484Recorded as pending
23%Approval rate · 266 approved or refused records
204Refused applications
62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Skip to main contentLocal plan Planning and buildingConservation areas Historic buildings and conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas144 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas22 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided25/03226/TCONR
two small sized apple trees. Fell
Trinder House High Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03227/TCONR
T1-Crab apple -Reduce by 2 metres to improve shape and form due to overextended growth T2 - Lilac - fell (g) due to basal decay
Paxton Cottage The Square Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HU
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03228/TCONR
T1- Mountain ash- Fell due close proximity to listed structures T2- Hornbeam - Reduce by 1 metre to old pointsT3 - Laurel - Reduce by 1 metre to old points
The Croft Rectory Lane Bourton-on-the-Hill Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9AG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03229/FUL
Erection of 2 side extensions
Whitestone Cottage Duntisbourne Abbots Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7JW
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03230/TCONR
T1 - Conifer - Fell ground level (tree is dead has died back over a extended period) endangering wall below
Vine House Broadwell Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0TL
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03231/DD
Fell 2 Dead roadside trees . Fell split Lawson cypress
Cowley Manor Cowley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NL
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03232/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 4 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of permission 25/00960/FUL - Installation of four high temperature air source heat pumps
Doughton Manor Bath Road Doughton Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8TG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03233/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 5 (mechanical extraction and ventilation system) of permission 24/01312/FUL (Appeal ref: APP/F1610/W/25/3359922) - Proposed demolition of modern lean-to extension and construction of new two storey extension to provide plant room, bin storage, office and staff WC and consent 24/01313/LBC (Appeal ref: APP/F1610/Y/25/3359923) Proposed demolition of modern lean-to extension and construction of new two storey extension to provide plant room, bin storage, office and staff WC
Box Bush High Street Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AN
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03234/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 9 (Masonry Repairs) of consent 23/03850/LBC - Internal and external alterations to Ablington Manor including the replacement of existing extensions with an orangery, extension to the existing lower ground floor, and re-rendering the external elevations of the house. Internal and external alterations to Orchard Cottage, including the removal of modern extensions and the creation of a new access and alterations to boundary wall. The demolition and alteration of outbuildings and tennis court and internal and external alterations to the stables and gazebo. The creation of a basement parking area and a studio and swimming pool. Replacement of existing m�nage with workshops and machinery stores as well as the erection of a bat house and sub-station, installation of ground source heat pumps, new gates at the northern entrance and associated landscaping.
Ablington Manor Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NY
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03235/FUL
Erection of ground and first floor extensions, and boundary wall alterations
Brook House Lower End Daglingworth Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7AH
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03236/FUL
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
11 Rendcomb Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7HB
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03237/TCONR
Horse Chesnut - Fell to ground level
Fir Farm Holdings Ltd Mill Lane Lower Swell Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03238/LBC
External repairs including roof, dormer, window, valley gutter and masonry repairs, redecoration and associated works
Pine House The Square Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03239/TCONR
yew tree reduction 5 meters and bring in some lower branches 2 meters off ends.
17 High Street Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03240/FUL
Single storey extensions to existing dwellinghouse & associated alteration of the existing annex
Dunsdon Barn Pebbly Hill Farm Icomb Road Bledington Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6XJ
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03241/FUL
Demolition of outbuilding to create new one and a half storey extension, new detached garage with room above, timber cladding on existing house
Glebe House Grange Hill Naunton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3AT
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03242/FUL
Single-storey rear extension and replacement windows
Manor Cottage High Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UG
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03243/TCONR
T1 - Yew tree: reduce height by approx 1m and lateral spread to by approx 2m
27 Close Gardens Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DU
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03244/TCONR
To reduce 1x Liquidambar in rear garden by 30%, and re balance due to branch failure
Garden Cottage Southrop Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3NU
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03245/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 6 (arboricultural method statement) of permission 24/03812/FUL - Erection of one and a half storey and single storey extensions, installation of dormers, creation of new driveway entrance and associated landscaping
Piper House New Row Aldsworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3QR
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03246/TPO
T119, 20 Bristol Road, Norway Maple, reduce the tree all-round by 20%
20 Bristol Road Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2NY
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03247/FUL
Erection of a single dwellinghouse
Land South Of Backs Lane Backs Lane Ampney Crucis Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03248/CONBGP
Compliance with Biodiversity Net Gain details required by planning permission 24/03839/FUL - Proposed access for existing Caravan and Motorhome Club Certificated Location
Pebbly Barn Farm Camping And Equestrian Evenlode Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0PA
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/03249/FUL
Alterations to roof of Masonic Hall Complex including removal of roof turret and covering of the existing asbestos roofs with steel profiled roof covering
Masonic Hall The Avenue Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1EH
Received 13 Oct 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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