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Change of use planning permission in Cotswold: what actually gets approved

Decided by Cotswold between April 2024 and October 2026. Every figure here is a count of decisions on the council's own register — not a prediction about yours.

Changes of use decided by Cotswold

68%

of 31 decisions approved

Counting decisions that went one way or the other.

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68% of the 31 changes of use Cotswold decided between April 2024 and October 2026 were approved; half were decided within 62 days. Plan Forecast, 5 November 2026.

Time to decide: half were decided within 62 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 31 decisions with both dates.

Year by year

A year we hold only part of will show fewer decisions rather than a different rate, so read the count beside the percentage.

YearDecisionsApproved
202611584%
202516586%
202411891%

Recent decisions

Real decisions, newest first. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the council publishes them in full on its own register.

Dyer Street Cirencester Gloucestershire

Approved

Prior notification for the change of use of an existing building (Use Class E) to a single self-contained residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under the provisions of Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Decided 27 October 2026 26/02574/OPANOT

Address withheld

Refused

Erection of 'glamping pod' and change of use of land for furnished holiday let

Decided 26 October 2026 26/02405/FUL

Address withheld

Refused

Change of use of horse arena from equestrian to residential use and construction of natural pond with ancillary outbuilding

Decided 22 October 2026 26/02389/FUL

By ward in Cotswold

Approval rates differ across a council. These are every ward we hold enough decisions for.

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Questions people ask

What percentage of changes of use does Cotswold approve?

68% were approved, over 31 decisions that went one way or the other. Cotswold's figure across all types of work is drawn from 4,292 decisions.

How many changes of use has Cotswold decided?

31 that went one way or the other, from April 2024 to October 2026.

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