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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hartwells High Street Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AJ
Received 17 Jun 20266 Churnside North Cerney Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7BU
Received 18 Jun 202630 Beeches Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1BW
Received 18 Jun 2026Cowley Manor Cowley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NL
Received 18 Jun 2026Cowley Manor Cowley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NL
Received 18 Jun 202610 Longdoles Wood Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3FW
Received 18 Jun 202611 Longdoles Bank Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3GB
Received 18 Jun 2026Wisteria Cottage Little Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2ND
Received 18 Jun 2026Wisteria Cottage Little Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2ND
Received 18 Jun 2026Hillview Cottage High Street Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9EX
Received 18 Jun 2026Cotswold Cottage Birdlip Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 8JH
Received 18 Jun 2026The Hollies Tamesis Drive Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BJ
Received 19 Jun 20269 Ashcroft Gardens Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1RD
Received 19 Jun 2026Old Bakery Cottage Arlington Green Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NE
Received 19 Jun 2026Forty Farm Kingshill Lane Preston Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5PP
Received 19 Jun 2026Batsford Arboretum Batsford Park Batsford Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9AT
Received 18 Jun 2026Cranmore Farm Cranmore Lane Shipton Moyne Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8PU
Received 19 Jun 2026The Firs Hawkers Hill Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NH
Received 19 Jun 2026Land At E417846 N229921 Chapel Lane Longborough Gloucestershire
Received 19 Jun 202655 Rose Way Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1PS
Received 19 Jun 2026Lasborough Park Lasborough Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8UF
Received 19 Jun 202661 Griffin Close Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1AY
Received 19 Jun 2026Garth Cottage 3 Windrush Burford Gloucestershire OX18 4TU
Received 19 Jun 2026The Old School Bagendon Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7DU
Received 19 Jun 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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