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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waters Edge Cerney Wick Lane South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jun 2026Church View Bourton-on-the-Hill Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jun 2026The Manor Charingworth Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NS
Received 30 Jun 2026The Manor Charingworth Ebrington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6NS
Received 30 Jun 202699 Victoria Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1EU
Received 1 Jul 2026Land South East Of Merlins Silver Street South Cerney Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jul 20261 Colletts Court Lansdowne Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2AR
Received 1 Jul 2026Awkward Hill Cottage Hawkers Hill Arlington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NH
Received 1 Jul 2026Street Record The Green Eastleach Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jul 2026Mickleton Nurseries Stratford Road Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6SU
Received 2 Jul 2026Welcome Cottage Victoria Street Bourton-on-the-Water Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2DH
Received 2 Jul 202612 The Chipping Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8ET
Received 2 Jul 2026Stable Building All Alone Lane Northleach Gloucestershire
Received 2 Jul 202687 Watermoor Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1LD
Received 2 Jul 2026Land At Grid Reference 413622 220114 Cold Aston Gloucestershire
Received 2 Jul 2026Campion House 54 Howells Mere Lower Mill Estate Somerford Keynes Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6FW
Received 3 Jul 20261 Fayre Gardens Fairford Gloucestershire GL7 4NU
Received 3 Jul 20269 Oaklands Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1FA
Received 3 Jul 2026Meadow Farm Fosseway Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire GL54 2EZ
Received 3 Jul 20264 London Road Ampney Crucis Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5RS
Received 3 Jul 2026Mill Inn Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BE
Received 3 Jul 2026Land East Of Kingshill Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jul 2026Coopers Cottage Old Cider Mill Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XL
Received 3 Jul 2026Coopers Cottage Old Cider Mill Paxford Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6XL
Received 3 Jul 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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