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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/02033/FUL
Erection of free standing solar panels (retrospective)
Willow Wood Farm Wyck Hill Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1HT
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02034/FUL
Replace existing wooden windows with UPVC windowsWhere Sash windows are removed they will be replaced with sash double glazing This will have Georgian style bars within the window, be in cream colour and have the additional horns on the sash windowsThis excludes the doors
The End House High Street Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6RT
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02035/TCONR
A1 Fraxinus, to be felled, largely deadBI Robinia, to be felled, too close to the house and roots encroaching on the foundationsC1 Salix, partly broken bough to be removed
The Paddock Ampney Crucis Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5RY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02036/CLOPUD
Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development under Section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the Removal of the existing hedge, proposed dropped kerb and construction of a vehicular permeable driveway
16 Apsley Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1SR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02037/TCONR
1. Common Pearlbrush - to be removed2. Plum - to be removed3. Star Magnolia - to be removed4. Laburnum - to be removed5. Common Lilac - to be removed6. Bay Laurel - to be removed7. Cherry Laurel - to be removedAll as part of the proposed porch, outbuilding, landscaping, external alterations and associated works permitted in response to planning application 25/02363/FUL
Marlborough Cottage High Street Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3AD
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02038/TCONR
T1- Box elder maple to be reduced by 2m height and 1,5m lateral due to its size in small area.T2- Crown lift lower limbs to suitable growth points on Smoke tree.
Fox Cottage 6 The Street Leighterton Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8UN
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02041/LBC
Installation of bird netting within the building
Market Hall High Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02044/TCONR
T1 - Silver Birch tree reduction of approx. 30%
3 The Old Rope Walk Fox Hill Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8XQ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02045/TCONR
T1 - Copper Beech tree to be felled
11 Gumstool Hill Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8DG
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02048/FUL
Erection of front porch and installation, replacement and rearrangement of fenestration and installation of rooflight
Macks Farm Water Lane Somerford Keynes Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6DS
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02049/LBC
Remove the remaining 19th and 20th century windows to the South West elevation and install new metal casements with slim double glazing
Tudor Cottage Whittington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4HD
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02050/FUL
Erection of a two-storey rear extension, three dormers, and a single-storey rear/side extension, with associated works. Demolition of the existing single-storey rear wing
Lamorna Stratford Road Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6SR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02051/COMPLY
Compliance with conditions 9 (Boundary Walls) and 11 (Tennis court fencing) of permission 25/04060/FUL Variation of condition 2 (plans), 9 (garden walls), 10 (hard landscaping), 11 (fencing details), 13 (Archaeology), 14 (tree protection) of permission 24/03571/FUL - Erection of ancillary buildings, replacement tennis court and associated hard and soft landscaping
The Old Rectory Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BG
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02052/FUL
Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
3 Drift Close Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1QB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02054/CLEUD
Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for confirmation that the excavation of foundation trenches forming part of the development authorised by planning permission 22/01266/FUL constitute the lawful implementation of the permission within the relevant time period prescribed by condition no.1 and therefore the permission is extant
Mulberry Cottage Station Road Blockley Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9JR
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02055/CONBGP
Compliance with Biodiversity Net Gain details required by permission 25/01358/FUL - Erection of three-storey holiday home on plot 2.22
18 Huntsmans Causeway Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3GE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02056/FUL
Erection of ground floor front and side extension and first floor roof lift with associated works. Demolition of Shed
The Cottage High Street Mickleton Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6RJ
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02057/LBC
Structural remediation and internal consolidation work to roof trusses, purlins, and first-floor joists of existing Grade II listed dwelling
The Row Donnington Gloucestershire
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02058/FUL
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of permission 17/03724/FUL (Extension to the existing woodland barn and associated changes to vehicular access) to allow for amendments to floor plans and elevations
The Woodland Barn Bowmoor Copse Coln Waters Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3FJ
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02060/ADV
Installation of non-illuminated hoarding signage and V-shape signage stands relating to residential development
The Steadings Phase 2D Spratsgate Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02061/COMPLY
Compliance with condition 3 (Sample Panel) of permission 22/00528/FUL -Conversion of 2no. former barns into a single residential dwelling with connecting link
Flagstone Farm Upper Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1ER
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02062/FUL
Conversion of agricultural building to 1 no. dwellinghouse, change of use to residential garden and creation of parking area and associated works
Barn Southeast Of Cockleford Farm Cockleford Cowley Gloucestershire
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02063/FUL
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of permission 19/02827/FUL - Demolition of ancillary storage building and construction of new incidental building with garage/store and covered external seating area and associated works
Chedworth House Pancake Hill Chedworth Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4AP
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02065/TCONR
T1 - Coast Redwood. Fell to ground level
Westington Old Farm Westington Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6EG
Received 7 Jul 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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