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Cotswold District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Cotswold District Council decided more than 3,000 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 46 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Cotswold District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Cotswold District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Cotswold District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 3,000
Share refusedof those approved or refused 8%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 46 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 140
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 28%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 75plan adopted 2018

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Cotswold District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, taking into consideration its location in the CNL and the (PRoW).”

    Allowed, 2026

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on a habitat of principal importance for the purpose of conserving biodiversity.”

    Allowed, 2026

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development upon highway safety.”

    Allowed, 2025

  • “The main issues are: (i) the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (“the AONB”); (ii) whether the site offers an acceptable location for the proposed development having regard to…”

    Dismissed, 2019

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on highway safety.”

    Dismissed, 2018

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.