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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00799/LBC
Repairs to rear sash window
Old Coxwell Club 2 Coxwell Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2BH
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00800/LBC
Remedial works to damp plaster internal walls
Cotswold House High Street Northleach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3EJ
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00801/TCONR
Please refer to the attached arboricultural reportWork to be carried out to trees T1, T7, T10 & T13 within the report.
The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LL
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00802/FUL
Addition of No.5 campervan pitches and No.5 camping pitches with associated works
Campden Yurts Hillside Kingcombe Lane Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6PN
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00803/TCONR
T1 Conifer - remove limb leaning on stone wall. Utilities company has topped the tree but left this one stem that is leaning on the wall
Orchard House Icomb Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1JD
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00804/TCONR
1 - Plum - fell
Kingsdown House High Street Meysey Hampton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5JP
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00805/AGFO
Prior notification for erection of agricultural building (building 1)
Homeleaze Farm Hammersmith Bottom Hatherop Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5DF
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00806/COMPLY
Partial compliance with conditions 44 (Construction Management Plan), 45 (Public Transport Infrastructure), 47 (Maintenance of Streets), 49 (Waste Minimisation and Soil Management), 51 (Phased Arboricultural Reports), 58 (Ecological Construction Method Statement (ECMS) and Construction Environment Management Plans (CEMP) and 61 (Landscape, Ecological and Arboricultural Management and Monitoring Plan (LEAMMP) relevant to sub-phase 2a of permission 16/00054/OUT - Outline application (with all matters except Access reserved for subsequent consideration) for a mixed use development comprising demolition of existing buildings (as detailed on the submitted demolition plan) and the erection of up to 2,350 residential dwellings (including up to 100 units of student accommodation and 60 homes for the elderly), 9.1 hectares of employment land (B1, B2 and B8 uses), a primary school, a neighbourhood centre including A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 uses as well as community facilities (including a health care facility D1), public open space, allotments, playing fields, pedestrian and cycle links (access points onto Tetbury Road, Somerford Road and Cranhams Lane) landscaping and associated supporting infrastructure to include vehicle access points from Tetbury Road, Spratsgate Lane, Wilkinson Road and Somerford Road
Land At Chesterton Farm Cranhams Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00807/FUL
Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of detached garage with associated works
Overbrook Hunters Way Andoversford Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4JW
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00809/FUL
Change of use from public house to 1 No. dwelling house
The Crown Inn High Street Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AE
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00810/LBC
Change of use from public house to 1 No. dwelling house
The Crown Inn High Street Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AE
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00811/CLOPUD
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development under section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for subdivision of existing single Class E unit into two self-contained units and associated works
5 Mercian Close Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1LT
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00812/TCONR
1 - Yew (neighbours) - cut back to boundary line
43 Bibury Road Coln St Aldwyns Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5AW
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00815/DD
Fell 3x Ash Trees
16 Oxleaze Road Culkerton Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8SS
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00816/FUL
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 24/00306/FUL for Touring caravan site (20 pitches) to include the relocation of bins and the siting of 4 WC units
Lower Field Farm Badsey Lane Willersey Evesham Gloucestershire WR11 7HF
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00817/FUL
Erection of first-floor rear extension
24 London Road Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8JL
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00818/CLOPUD
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development under Section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for a replacement Home Office
24 London Road Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8JL
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00819/FUL
Erection of two-storey side extension with front porch
28 Vaisey Road Stratton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2JQ
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00821/TCONR
T1 & T2 - Norway Spruce - remove both treees to ground level, they are starting to get to a mature size and have been planted in close proximity to the house
Hill Farm Nether Westcote Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6SD
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00822/FUL
Replacement rear conservatory with associated works
32 Cherry Tree Drive Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1PJ
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00823/NONMAT
Non Material Amendment (Red brick plots to change to recon stone faced - plots 164, 165 and garages, 177, 199, 202, 204, 224, 225, 227, 231, 235, 237, 239 garage, 236, 239, 241, 244. Stone plots to change to red brick faced - plots 188-191, 196-198) to permission 19/02248/FUL - Erection of 250 dwellings (to include 150 Market Housing and 100 Affordable Housing) with associated vehicular access, landscaping, drainage and public open space (phased development of 146 dwellings in phase 1, 92 dwellings in phase 2 and 12 dwellings in separate phases thereafter)
Land At Dunstall Farm Stow Road Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00824/TCONR
Tree of Heaven (T1) - fell - severe decay on north side of lower trunk. potential for failure, resulting in tree falling
Orchard House Chapel Lane Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9BG
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00829/FUL
Erection of replacement dwelling and garage with associated works
Rowans Nether Westcote Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6SD
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00830/FUL
Erection of single-storey rear extension
Stonehouse Burford Street Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AJ
Received 12 Mar 2026
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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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