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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62 approved · 204 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Cherrytree Lane Garage Cherry Tree Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5DT
Received 14 Jul 2026Orchard House Aston Magna Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 9QQ
Received 15 Jul 2026The Granary Nether Westcote Chipping Norton Gloucestershire OX7 6SD
Received 15 Jul 2026New Rectory Cowley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NJ
Received 15 Jul 202615 Smith Barry Crescent Upper Rissington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2NG
Received 15 Jul 2026Land Parcel Opposite Gorston House Ampney Crucis Gloucestershire
Received 15 Jul 2026Land At Chesterton Farm Cranhams Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 20262 Apiary Woodmancote Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 7EJ
Received 16 Jul 20262 Lower Farm Cottages Upper Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2JB
Received 16 Jul 20264 Bishops Walk Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1JH
Received 16 Jul 2026Land East Of Cotswold Business Village And South Of London Road London Road Moreton-In-Marsh Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 2026Longford Naunton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3AD
Received 16 Jul 2026Hyde House Hotel Fosseway Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1FA
Received 16 Jul 2026The Old Quarries Steps Lane Avening Gloucestershire GL8 8GG
Received 16 Jul 2026Naunton Downs Golf Club Naunton Downs Estate Naunton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 3AE
Received 16 Jul 2026Barn Acres, Near Rossley Manor London Road Dowdeswell Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 2026Penhill Reservoir Salperton Park Hazleton Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 2026Meysey House High Street Meysey Hampton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5JP
Received 16 Jul 2026The Granary Tarlton Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6PA
Received 17 Jul 2026The Mount Gloucester Road Andoversford Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LD
Received 17 Jul 2026Hyde House Hotel Fosseway Stow-on-the-Wold Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1FA
Received 17 Jul 2026STREET RECORD Footway From Chesterton Lane To Oaklands Cirencester Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jul 2026The Nook Fairford Road Downington Lechlade Gloucestershire GL7 3DL
Received 17 Jul 2026Drowners 90 Gloucester Street Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 2DR
Received 17 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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