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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Granary Babdown Beverston Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8YL
Received 15 May 202620 The Square Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NS
Received 15 May 2026Land Parcel Off Cirencester Road Tetbury Gloucestershire
Received 15 May 202639 Querns Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1RL
Received 15 May 20265 Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EE
Received 18 May 2026Dunsden House Ditchford Road Todenham Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9NX
Received 18 May 202628 Close Gardens Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DU
Received 18 May 2026Manor Cottage High Street South Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5UG
Received 18 May 2026The Ivy House 2 Victoria Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1EN
Received 18 May 2026Lathams Bell Lane Poulton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5JF
Received 18 May 2026The Tallett Ewen Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BU
Received 18 May 2026Tagmoor Hollow Marshmouth Lane Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2EE
Received 18 May 202631 Talboys Walk Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8YU
Received 18 May 2026Car Park Moreton Road Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire
Received 18 May 20267 Kingsmead Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3BN
Received 18 May 202611 The Glebe Sapperton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6LL
Received 18 May 2026Barley Croft Cottage Cutwell Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DZ
Received 18 May 2026Nymphaea House Park View Stratton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2JG
Received 18 May 20265 St Peters Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1RE
Received 18 May 20265 Dyer Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2PP
Received 18 May 202641 The Whiteway Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2HH
Received 19 May 2026Hawthorn House Great Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2LN
Received 19 May 2026Unit 1 - 4 New Whiteway Works Fosse Cross Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4NW
Received 19 May 2026School House Hampnett Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3NN
Received 19 May 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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