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This site is a guide to Cotswold District Council and its work. It contains everyday information for residents, such as refuse and recycling collection days, making a planning application, Council Tax and elections.
Selling or renting your former council property
Apply to alter, sell or let your former council home
Find out if you need building regulations approval
The services we offer and when you might need building regulations approval
Neighbourhood planning process
How to make a neighbourhood plan, different stages the plan has to go through
Get advice on your planning application
Get advice on your application before you submit it, includes charges and timescales
Report breach of planning regulations
Report work you think has been done without permission, includes the enforcement process
Make a planning application
Apply for planning permission and find out how long the process will take
Planning application supporting information
View all of the validation checklists and guidance for your planning application
Tree Preservation Orders
Apply to carry out work on a protected tree
Trees in conservation areas
Apply to carry out tree works in a conservation area
Damp
Damp is often a problem in historic or traditional buildings; find out more.
Maintenance
What are the benefits of carrying out maintenance?
Maintenance
What are the benefits of carrying out maintenance?
Damp
Damp is often a problem in historic or traditional buildings; find out more.
Design and access statement
Find out when you need a statement for your planning application, useful templates to help you create your own
Biodiversity and development management
Biodiversity advice for anyone making a planning application
Ecological assessments
Find out when an eco assessment is required and what it should include
Council functions and responsibilities
Information on the roles of county, district, town and parish councils
Contaminated land
Find out about the treatment of contaminated land and arrange to view our public register
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Projects being supported in the Cotswold District
Apply for housing
Register with Homeseeker Plus to apply for rented social housing
Houses in multiple occupation
Apply for an HMO licence, fees for the licence
Housing grants
How to apply for grants and who is eligible, the Disabled Facilities Grant, support with applying
Community led housing
Community-led housing schemes deliver new homes that will be owned or managed by the community
Private hire operator licence
Apply for or renew a taxi operator licence
Thinking of becoming a Taxi Driver?
This section will guide you through all you need to know and do to become a taxi driver
Step by step guide to applying for a Taxi Driver Licence (New applicant)
All the things you need to know and do to become a driver
Book your Medical and Vision Assessments - Fit to Drive
See details in our step by step guide for new drivers and renewals.
New Driver Application
Apply for a dual driver or private hire driver licence
Driver license renewals
Renew your dual driver or private hire drive license
Hackney carriage vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a hackney carriage, including fees
Transfer vehicle licence
Including transfer licence to another vehicle or person and change of registration
Private hire vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a private hire taxi, including fees
Transfer vehicle licence
Including transfer licence to another vehicle or person and change of registration
Personal licence
Apply for a personal licence to supply alcohol
Zoo licence
Apply for a licence or renew an existing one
Primate Licence
From 6th April 2025, new regulations came into force for keeping primates. This means that if you wish to keep a primate at your home, you will need to obtain a licence.
Scrap metal
Apply for a licence to buy and sell scrap metal
Pavement licence
Licence to put furniture on the pavement, how to apply
Gaming machines
Apply for a permit or notify us of gaming machines in a licensed premises
Premises licence for gambling
Apply for a licence if you want to provide gambling facilities
Demolitions
Give us notice of a demolition, how long it takes and what you need to do before starting work
Policy Documentation and Monitoring
Annual Monitoring Reports, Local Development Scheme, Statement of Community Involvement, etc.
Article 3 and 4 directions
Restrictions to permitted development rights
Find out if you need planning permission
Find out what you need planning permission for and what is permitted development
View planning applications
How to view a planning application and make a comment
Planning committee
Find out about the committee and how to speak at a committee meeting
Planning appeals
Appeal a planning decision and find out how long it will take
Calculate your CIL charge
Find out how much you need to pay, CIL calculator and additional charges
CIL process and forms to submit
A guide to the forms you will need and when to submit them
Find an arboricultural or tree expert
How to choose an expert to carry out your tree works
Conservation area maps
Find towns and villages with conservation areas and view their boundaries on a map
Before you Start
Some of the things that you should think about first.
Can I Retrofit a Listed Building or a Building in a Conservation Area
It is possible to retrofit listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas; find out more.
Quick Wins
Simple, cheap, and easy to install measures to improve your building’s energy efficiency.
Choosing a Professional
How to Choose an Architect, Surveyor, Built Heritage Specialist Retrofit Co-ordinator or Tradesperson.
Relevant Legislation and Policy
Legislation and Policy
Submitting an Application
Advice on submitting a planning of listed building consent application.
Quick Wins
Simple, cheap, and easy to install measures to improve your building’s energy efficiency.
Walls
Find out more about improving walls
Grants for environmental and heritage projects
Find a grant, tips on applying for grants
Historic parks and gardens
Historic parks and gardens in the Cotswold district and how to search the register
Landscape development and planning
Landscape scheme, planning applications and landscape, landscape visual impact assessment
Great crested newt district licensing scheme
How to get a licence for developments in areas where great crested newts are present
Habitats regulations assessment
Mitigating recreational impacts on internationally important wildlife sites
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
How to measure BNG and assess the impacts of planning applications
Emergency planning
How we plan for emergencies, weather advice and community resilience
Community Right to Bid
Community rights for pausing the sale of local buildings or land
Parking projects
Our projects for managing parking demand, including the Waterloo and Cirencester Rugby Club
Register to vote
How to register to vote, the annual canvass, electoral and open register
Reapplying for a postal vote
Information and advice if you're looking to reapply for a postal vote
Council meetings and minutes
Dates, agendas and minutes of council meetings
Council data and information listings Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
A comprehensive list of council information, open data
Counter fraud, bribery and corruption
What to do if you suspect fraud or misuse of public funds, and how to report internal fraud
Apply for Housing Benefit
Eligibility criteria and application process for Housing Benefit
Crisis Resilience Fund – Housing Payment
You may be able to apply for extra help with your housing costs
Appeal a benefit decision
How to appeal a benefit decision, who to contact and timescales
Manage your account online
Manage your Council Tax account and Business Rates account online. Make and view a benefit claim. Sign up to paperless billing.
Private water supplies
Register your private water supply, risk assessments, nitrate levels, supply fees and water quality
Parking permits
Apply for a season ticket, report a problem with a pay and display machine
Caravan and campsites
Apply for a caravan and camping site licence
Infrastructure spending and funding
How we spend the money collected from CIL, annual reports, guidance for parish and town councils
Fit to rent - tenants information
Standards for rental properties and your responsibilities as a tenant
Fit to rent - landlord information
Apply to the fit to rent scheme, standards you need to meet to be eligible
Empty homes
Our policy on empty homes, enforcement orders
Self-build housing
Information and resources on building your own home and joining the self-build register
Warm and Well
Free energy advice and information for local residents
Housing strategy and policy
The Housing Plan, housing needs, affordable homes planning document, empty homes policy
Business support and advice
Advice to help you grow and maintain your business
Charity collections
Apply for a street collection or house to house collection licence
Book a taxi driver knowledge test
If wish to become a taxi driver you must take a Taxi Driver Assessment, book yours online now.
Driver licence
New applications or renewal for dual or private hire driver licence
Premises licence
Apply for a new premise licence, apply to vary an existing licence and apply for a provisional statement
Comment on a licensing application
Support or object to an application for a premises licence
Review of licences
Apply to have a premises licence or club premises certificate reviewed
Dangerous wild animals
Apply for a licence or renew an existing one
Sex establishments
Apply for a licence or apply to waive the requirement of a licence
Organising public events
Event safety, street parties and fetes, applying for a temporary event notice and street closures
Acupuncture, tattooing, piercing, electrolysis
Apply for a licence
Street trading
Apply for a street trading licence
Licensing Public Register
Search for and comment on licensing applications online. Track the progress of an application and save searches
Local Area Profile
Crime data for the local area, using local information in gambling licence applications
Lotteries and raffles
How to register a lottery or raffle
Food hygiene training
Find a food hygiene training course, food safety management system
Food export health certificate
Apply for a food export health certificate
Calculating your business rates
How business rates are calculated and the rateable value
Planning and building
Apply for planning permission or building regulations, the Local Plan and planning policy for the Cotswolds
Apply for building regulations approval
How to apply for approval, including exemptions and how long it will take
Unauthorised building work
How to get building regulations approval after work has been carried out, report work which is not following regulations
View building control applications
Search our register to see building control applications and contraventions
Neighbourhood planning
Neighbourhood Planning process, current Neighbourhood Plans, consultations
Made neighbourhood plans
Neighbourhood plans which have been approved and are now part of planning policy
Cotswold District Council Local Plan
Plan setting out our policies on future development in the area with all supporting evidence.
Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment
An assessment of potential development sites to support the Local Plan
Cirencester town centre
Feasibility, public transport studies and other information related to planning in Cirencester town centre
Planning permission
Find out if you need planning permission, how to apply or appeal, includes timescales what you need to submit
Step by step guide to planning permission
A guide to getting planning permission and how long it usually takes
Are you liable for CIL
What the community structure levy is, when you need to pay it
Street naming and numbering
Report a problem with a street address, let us know about new address
Register of tree preservation orders
Find out if a particular tree is protected
Hedgerow protection and management
Apply to remove a hedgerow
High hedges
How to complain about a hedge that is too high
Listed buildings
Search for listed buildings and apply for listed building consent
Scheduled monuments
Advice for properties with a scheduled monument
Retrofit and Energy Efficiency
Retrofit Guidance for Traditional and Listed Buildings
Benefits of Traditional Buildings
Traditional buildings are inherently sustainable.
Condition Survey Templates
Templates to explain your reasons for undertaking the proposed works.
Why Retrofit
What is Retrofit and its Key Stages
Glossary
An A-Z of Retrofit
Chimneys
Find out more about improving chimneys
Windows
Find out more about improving windows
Floors
Find out more about improving floors
Roofs
Find out more about improving roofs
Local design guidance
Guides to make sure new developments fit in with the local environment
Special landscape areas
Areas which have been given Special Landscape Area status and what this means
Local land charges
How to apply for a Land Charges search, including charges and timescales
Wildlife and biodiversity
How to consider biodiversity when planning development work including habitats regulations assessment issues
Biodiversity and planning policy
The policies which help new developments conserve and enhance biodiversity in the district
Biodiversity specifications
Our guidance on incorporating wildlife into your development
Cotswold interactive maps
Check if a site or property is within a conservation area, area of natural beauty or green belt. Use the layers to view parish boundaries, listed buildings and local facilities.
Digital Planning Data
Publicly available planning datasets
Community grants and funding
Grants and funding available for community groups and voluntary organisations
Cotswold Connected Community and Food Programme
For not-for-profit voluntary and community sector organisations and social enterprises
Community rights
How communities can influence what happens in their local area
Supporting older people
Schemes and services available to older people in the Cotswold district
Ukraine support
Signposts to the various support groups, organisations and information supporting Ukraine
Community safety
Emergency planning for communities, what to do about anti-social behaviour
Antisocial behaviour
What is defined as antisocial behaviour, and what actions may be taken to combat such behaviour
Parking, travel and visitors
Pay or appeal a parking fine, find a car park, public toilets and visitor information
Where to park
Find parking spaces and prices, cashless parking and electric charging points
Annual canvass
Check of all households to make sure register of eligible voters is up to date
Types of elections
Find out about the different types of elections and when they take place
The Council's Constitution
How we operate, how decisions are made and the procedures we follow
Comments and complaints
Give us a comment, complaint or compliment
Public participation
How to take part in council and committee meetings and how we welcome petitions
Gloucestershire County Council
See Gloucestershire County Council's website for information related to highways and potholes, bus passes, blue badge applications, schools, libraries...
Live council meetings and webcasts
Watch council meetings live and find out how to ask questions at meetings
Current vacancies
View the latest job vacancies available at the council and those working across our partnerships
Our purpose, vision and values
Learn about our vision and values.
Liability, legislation and general information about Council Tax
If you are liable to pay Council Tax, you must make your payments
Council Tax Support
Find out if you are eligible for help with your Council Tax payments and how to apply
Council Tax discounts and exemptions
When and how you can make reduced payments on your Council Tax
Council Tax bands, charges and appeals
How much you will be paying and how you can appeal if you think the band is wrong
Report a change in benefit circumstances
Let us know if anything has changed that might affect your benefits
Report a fraud
What to do if you suspect someone is claiming benefits that they are not entitled to
Backdating benefit
Circumstances in which a claimant's Housing Benefit can be backdated
Second Homes
Second homes are classed as properties which are furnished but not occupied as anyone's main home. Find out about how Council Tax is charged on this type of property.
General information
We collect your personal information to provide council services
Bins and recycling
Check your bin day, report a missed bin, find out what we collect and where to take big items, order replacement bins
Bin and recycling container requests
Get a new bin or box, order blue/white bags and waste sacks, includes delivery times
Check your collection day
Find out when your bins will be collected, includes any changes to routes or days
Waste collection day changes 2024
Changes for some residents coming into effect w/c 24 June 2024
Garden waste: Green wheelie bin and brown sacks
What you can put in your bin and how to apply for a garden waste licence
Abandoned vehicles
Report an abandoned vehicle, check if a vehicle is taxed
Achieving net zero carbon homes
Access our comprehensive toolkit designed to guide new builds and retrofits towards net-zero carbon emissions.
Energy efficiency and affordable warmth
Advice and funding available to help your home be more energy efficient
Dogs lost and found
Report a lost or stray dog, how to stop your dog from straying
Pest control
Information on controlling pests in your home or business
Environmental permits
Find out about environmental permits and apply for one
Report fly-tipping
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of items. Find out how you can report and prevent it
Flooding
Report flooding, get support after a flood, flood alleviation reports
Blocked drains and sewers
Responsibilities for blocked drains or sewers, who to contact
Watercourses and ditches
Maintenance, who has responsibility for keeping ditches clear and looking after watercourses
What to do during a flood
Things you can do as a homeowner and support you can ask for
Recovering after a flood
What you should do after a flood, financial support, organisations offering support and advice
How to prepare for flooding
Make preparations to protect your home should flooding take place
Animal activity licence
Apply for a licence (animal boarding, performing animals, breeding or selling)
Food hygiene ratings
Check a food hygiene rating, how businesses are rated and how to improve a rating
Housing
Help and advice for homeowners, council tenants, landlords and homelessness support
Homelessness support and advice
Advice and support if you are homeless or at risk of being homeless
Private housing
Houses in multiple occupation, information for tenants and landlords
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
Understand landlords' responsibilities regarding energy efficiency requirements for rental properties.
Housing advice
Book a free appointment with one of our housing advisors or find advice online
Business and licensing
Apply and renew licences, including taxis, pay your business rates, find support for your business
Help for struggling businesses
Advice and support for businesses including paying bills, tax and dealing with debt
Tenders and contracts
Our strategy for buying goods and services, contract details and opportunities to tender
Apply or renew business licences and permits
Includes taxis, alcohol and entertainment, animal and street trading licences
Taxi passengers
Different types of taxis, licensed companies in the area, staying safe
Hackney carriage vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a hackney carriage, including fees
Report an accident
Within 72 hours of the accident occurring
Private hire vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a private hire taxi, including fees
Report an accident
Within 72 hours of the accident occurring
Alcohol and entertainment
Apply for a new licence, apply for a licence review if you have concerns, transferring premises licences
Club premises certificate
Apply for a new club premises certificate or make a variation to an existing one
Premises management
Apply to transfer a premises licence or change the designated premises supervisor
Animal licences
Apply for a licence for animal activity (animal boarding, performing animals, breeding or selling), zoos and dangerous animals
Hypnotism
Apply for a permit to show, demonstrate or perform a hypnotism act in public
Filming in Cotswold District
Advice for those filming in the Cotswolds
Gambling
Gambling licences and how to apply, Local area profile information
Land and property assets
Land and property ownership, asset management and acquisition and disposal policy
Business services
Food safety and hygiene certificates, conference facilities and getting rid of commercial waste
Commercial waste
Read about the rules for business waste
Meeting and conference facilities
Hire a meeting room in the Cotswolds
Food businesses
Food hygiene ratings, register a food business, food safety, complain about a food business
Starting a food business
How to start a food business, registering and when to get approval, food safety regulations
Health and safety at work
Health and safety training, how to report an accident, write a risk assessment and COSHH
Business rates and rate relief
Pay your business rates, information on rate relief, data on business rates
Paying your business rates
Different ways to pay your business rates
Rate relief
Find out what help and discounts on business rates are available
Unoccupied properties
How business rates are calculated for empty properties
Business rates data
Database of properties and their rateable value, including any discounts
Business Rates changes 2026
Find out more about how business rates have changed and how this may affect your business
Holiday lets
The new rules for business rates on self-catering properties
Report a change in circumstances for businesses
Let us know if you are going to occupy a business premises within our district, or if you are moving your business to a new address
Brexit advice and information
Our risk assessment and advice for residents, businesses, employers and the voluntary sector
Invest in the Cotswolds
Why the Cotswolds is a great place for businesses, our Green Economic Growth strategy
Building regulations
When you need building regulations approval and how to apply, book a site inspection, report dangerous structures, demolitions
Book a building inspection
The different stages of work that need inspecting and how to book an inspection
Dangerous structures
Report a building or structure that is unsafe
Planning policy
The local plan, neighbourhood planning and Cotswold Design guidance
Fairford Neighbourhood Plan
Fairford Neighbourhood Development Plan
Neighbourhood plans in development
Areas currently in the process of developing a neighbourhood plan
Down Ampney Neighbourhood Plan
Information on the Down Ampney Neighbourhood Development Plan 2023
Stow-on-the-Wold and the Swells Neighbourhood Plan
Information on the Stow-on-the-Wold and the Swells Neighbourhood Development Plan 2023
Section 106 monitoring fees
A schedule of monitoring fees for Section 106 legal agreements
CIL Appeals
How and when to appeal a CIL payment, the different types of appeal
Tree works and preservation
Apply for works to protected trees or hedgerows, search for protected trees
TPO Map
Tree preservation order map. View all plotted TPOs for the Cotswold District. View protected tree search.
Historic buildings and conservation areas
Find out if you are in a conservation area and how it will affect your plans, listed building consent
Buildings at risk
Search for buildings and sites at risk in the Cotswolds
Getting Help
Find out more about available help.
Grant Funding
Funding for Homeowners
Improving Specific Features
Found out more about improving specific features of your house
Doors
Find out more about improving doors
Cotswold design guidance
Design and access statement, guidance for development in the Cotswolds, environmental and heritage grants
Historic building features
Guidance for conserving historic building features to help property owners and developers with designs and specifications for new projects or repairs
Landscape
Landscape character assessments, historic buildings register, Cotswold Water Park strategic review
Cotswold Water Park
Information on the CWP including the 2022 Nature Recovery Plan and the 2008 Strategic Review
Landscape character
Why landscape character is important, landscape character assessments
Biodiversity Duty
View our Biodiversity Duty Report
Communities and leisure
Support information for local communities, leisure centre and museum details and what’s going on in your community
Leisure centres and museums
Find a leisure centre or museum, opening times and prices
Voluntary and community organisations
How we work in partnership to tackle the issues that matter
What’s on
Find events in the Cotswolds
Support for refugees
Charities which give support to refugees and how you can help
Supporting children and families
Information on children's centres, charities and organisations which provide support to families
Cotswold Careline
Alarm monitoring service helping people live independently
Community wellbeing
Community activities and groups in the Cotswold District
Food sustainability
How we are engaging with the local voluntary and community sector to help enable and support new initiatives
Domestic abuse
Support for people experiencing domestic abuse
Hate crime
Criminal acts or victimisation of people because of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation
Community Safety Partnership
How the council works with partners to reduce crime and disorder
Safeguarding vulnerable people from extremism
Our duty to support vulnerable people
Allotments
The majority of allotments are administered by your local parish or town council
The Unsung Heroes Awards
Nominate your unsung hero, recognising residents doing amazing things every day
Pay or appeal a parking fine
Make a payment, appeal a fine
Public toilets
Find a public toilet in the Cotswolds, report a problem
Parking and travel strategy and orders
How we manage parking in the district
Tourism website
Find out everything you need to know about visiting and staying in the Cotswolds over on our tourism website
Visitor information centres
Locations, opening times and contact details
Car park layouts
Layouts of all Cotswold District Council owned and run car parks.
Road closures
Information on road closures in the district
About the Council
Elections, find your local councillor, council meetings and minutes, view current job vacancies, performance and spending, contact and petition us online
Current and future elections
Details of upcoming elections, how you can vote
Election results
Results for previous elections
Boundary reviews
Boundary Review for the Cotswold District
Elections Act 2022 - Voter ID and other changes
Information on photo ID and changes to voting in elections
Helping you to vote - disabled access and information
Support registering to vote, ways to vote and accessibility
Councillors and committees
Council meetings and minutes, the constitution, code of conduct for district councillors and how we publicise upcoming key decisions
Code of conduct for district councillors
Read the code of conduct, complain about a councillor, register of interests, rules for gifts and hospitality
Cabinet decision making
How we publicise the upcoming key decisions set to be taken
Find a district councillor
View our A to Z list of councillors or search by ward
Allowances for district councillors
Independent panel reports, allowances scheme, allowances payments
Parish and town councils
Contact details for parish and town councils, code of conduct and register of interests
Council data and access to information
Freedom of information, data protection and privacy, publications scheme
Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations
How to make a FOI or EIR request
Data protection
How we collect, hold and use data about the people and organisations we work with
Council spending
Monthly spending, financial plans and senior management salaries
Consultations
Tell us what you think in one of our open consultations
Budget consultation
Information on our budget proposals for 2024 to 2025
Equality and diversity
Equality action plan and equality and diversity impact assessments
The Leader of the Council
Mike Evemy is the Leader of Cotswold District Council. Find out more about the role of the leader and their responsibilities
Census 2021
Information on the Census 2021 and how to take part
Careers
Search and apply for jobs with the council, apply for work experience
Investing in the Cotswolds
See how we plan to improve services, protect our environment and support our amazing communities and businesses
Total Band D Council tax
Town and parish councils are funded by an annual precept which is added to Council Tax
The Chair of the Council
About Councillor Mark Harris who is the Chair of Cotswold District Council
Our priorities
Find out about our priorities for 2025-2028.
Download a copy of our plan
Read our action plan in full.
Council Tax and benefits
Pay your Council Tax, find out what support is available, how you can claim benefits or let us know about changes
Pay Council Tax
Make a Council Tax payment and find out the different ways you can pay
Report a change in circumstances
Let us know if you are moving house or if anything has changed which may affect your payments
Single person discount review
A review of Council Tax accounts where a single person discount has been claimed
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit
Find out if you are eligible for Housing Benefit or Universal Credit and how to apply
Universal Credit
Who is eligible for Universal Credit and how to apply
Advice for landlords
How your tenants will get their Housing Benefit paid, what to do if they are in arrears
Help if you're struggling with the cost of living
It’s important to know what help and support is available now – that could benefit you, a relative, friend or neighbour.
Support available in your community
Community groups and local organisations that can help with the cost of living
Privacy and data
Privacy notices for our services, and how we manage cookies
Cookies
Find out about the cookies we use