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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Nicholas House Cherington Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8SN
Received 20 Mar 202631 The Street Didmarton Badminton Gloucestershire GL9 1DS
Received 20 Mar 2026Arlington Lodge Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NL
Received 20 Mar 2026Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT
Received 20 Mar 20262 Moore Road Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AZ
Received 20 Mar 2026The Old Rectory Coberley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QZ
Received 20 Mar 2026The Old Rectory Coberley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QZ
Received 20 Mar 2026Rye Piece House Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NA
Received 20 Mar 2026Trewsbury House Coates Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6NY
Received 23 Mar 2026Guild Cottage Sheep Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6DR
Received 23 Mar 2026Three Wells House Station Road Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AA
Received 23 Mar 2026Church House Wharf Lane Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AU
Received 23 Mar 2026Penhill Reservoir Salperton Park Hazleton Gloucestershire
Received 23 Mar 2026Penhill Reservoir Salperton Park Hazleton Gloucestershire
Received 23 Mar 2026Bank House 167 Washpool Lane Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6FY
Received 20 Mar 2026Home Farm Sevenhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5SL
Received 23 Mar 2026The Churchill Inn Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XH
Received 23 Mar 2026Sunnyview The Quarry Brockhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 5XL
Received 23 Mar 2026Barn Cottage The Green Bledington Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6XQ
Received 23 Mar 202624 Chester Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1HG
Received 23 Mar 202620 The Square Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NS
Received 23 Mar 2026The Crossroads Shipton Moyne Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8PZ
Received 23 Mar 2026Coln House School Horcott Road Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4DB
Received 23 Mar 2026Coln House School Horcott Road Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4DB
Received 23 Mar 2026Records 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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