The Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02389/FUL - Full Application Refused
Change of useExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Change of use of horse arena from equestrian to residential use and construction of natural pond with ancillary outbuilding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
25 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
22 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 22 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CASE OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Case Officer Delegated Report · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Report · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Form · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OFFICER Consultee Comment · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF REQUISITE NOTICE Requisite Notice · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SCREENING OPINION Screening Opinion · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Report · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Old Rectory
List entry 1305230 · The pin is inside its outline · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Elkstone Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project 1469 m away: A417 Missing Link; Open access land 32 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £773,500 in May 1996. Detached house, freehold.

31 May 1996£773,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area447 m² (4,811 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (51 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 13 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2011, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GL53 9PD
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Ermin
Parish
Elkstone
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
22 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, 14 days faster than Cotswold's median of 72 for changes of use. Refused, as 11% of changes of use here are.

34%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
94decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cotswold in the last twelve months, from validation. Cotswold decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

40 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Mature horse chestnut. To reduce the crown 20% to match in height and shape with neighbou…
25/01495/TCONR
2025 Approved
Mature horse chestnut. To reduce the crown 20% to match in height and shape with neighbou…
25/01495/TCONR
2024 Approved
Mature beech with large branches towards buildings - remove rubbing branch over wall and…
24/03470/TCONR
2023 Approved
1.2 sycamore trees next to each other. Fell to the ground as too large for its location…
23/02169/TCONR
2023 Approved
1.2 sycamore trees next to each other. Fell to the ground as too large for its location…
23/02169/TCONR
2023 Approved
Sycamore - dual stem mature tree - fell to the ground Horse Chestnut - mature specimen gr…
23/01002/TCONR
2023 Approved
Sycamore - dual stem mature tree - fell to the ground Horse Chestnut - mature specimen gr…
23/01002/TCONR
2021 Approved
T1 Sycamore - Fell due to basal damage. T2 Hawthorn - This tree is dead - fell. T3 Horse…
21/04421/TCONR
2021 Approved
T1 Sycamore - Fell due to basal damage. T2 Hawthorn - This tree is dead - fell. T3 Horse…
21/04421/TCONR
2021 Approved
Prunus spinosa - fell because is growing through the old wall that is being rebuild
21/01153/TCONR
2021 Approved
Prunus spinosa - fell because is growing through the old wall that is being rebuild
21/01153/TCONR
2019 Approved
All trees within 10m of the driveway or buildings. Crown lift to give 3.5m clearance unde…
19/02467/TCONR
2019 Approved
All trees within 10m of the driveway or buildings. Crown lift to give 3.5m clearance unde…
19/02467/TCONR
2016 Approved
Alterations to second floor layout
16/00326/LBC
2016 Approved
Alterations to second floor layout
16/00326/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Single storey extensions to east elevations, enlargement of existing attic velux windows…
25/03340/FUL
2025 Refused
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Single storey extensions to east elevations, enlargement of existing attic velux windows…
25/03340/FUL
2025 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Weeping willow in common green- to repollard as before
25/03279/TCONR
2025 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Weeping willow in common green- to repollard as before
25/03279/TCONR
2023 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Replace gates and increase height of pillars
23/01769/FUL
2023 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Replace gates and increase height of pillars
23/01769/FUL
2022 Approved
Manor Farm Cottage Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 Beech - remove overhang, T2 Horse Chestnut - reduce branch spread south by up to 2m, T…
22/00661/TPO
2022 Approved
Manor Farm Cottage Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 Beech - remove overhang, T2 Horse Chestnut - reduce branch spread south by up to 2m, T…
22/00661/TPO
2022 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
3 Ash trees with ash dieback. Reduce to 12 feet in height
22/00301/TCONR
2022 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
3 Ash trees with ash dieback. Reduce to 12 feet in height
22/00301/TCONR
2021 Approved
Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Ash tree - fell because of growing in a tight space with other trees with higher amenity…
21/00671/TCONR
2021 Approved
Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Ash tree - fell because of growing in a tight space with other trees with higher amenity…
21/00671/TCONR
2020 Approved
Manor Cross Beechpike Elkstone CHELTENHAM Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
2 Sycamore trees, Crown reduction works to balance crowns in accordance with agreed speci…
20/02054/TPO
2020 Approved
Manor Cross Beechpike Elkstone CHELTENHAM Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
2 Sycamore trees, Crown reduction works to balance crowns in accordance with agreed speci…
20/02054/TPO
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T.2 - Horse Chestnut - reduce canopy by up to 2m- 5m all over height and radial spread to…
19/03263/TCONR
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T.2 - Horse Chestnut - reduce canopy by up to 2m- 5m all over height and radial spread to…
19/03263/TCONR
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T.1 - Sycamore - fell
19/02952/TCONR
2019 Approved
Manor Farm Cottage Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Group of mature trees in the rear garden (6 in total), Crown raise all trees to approxima…
19/02877/TPO
2019 Approved
The Old Rectory Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T.1 - Sycamore - fell
19/02952/TCONR
2019 Approved
Manor Farm Cottage Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
Group of mature trees in the rear garden (6 in total), Crown raise all trees to approxima…
19/02877/TPO
2016 Approved
Church Of St John The Evangelist Elkstone Gloucestershire
Erection of oak building to be used as an Eco-loo
16/01394/FUL
2016 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 Beech - Fell
16/01622/TCONR
2016 Approved
Elkstone Manor Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 Beech - Fell
16/01622/TCONR
2016 Approved
The Rectory The Beeches Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 - Austrian Pine - Thin crown by no more than 15% and cut back overhanging limbs off ch…
16/00542/TCONR
2016 Approved
The Rectory The Beeches Elkstone Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9PD
T1 - Austrian Pine - Thin crown by no more than 15% and cut back overhanging limbs off ch…
16/00542/TCONR
Cotswold
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#218 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Cotswold is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #219 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cotswold decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #128 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #150 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #219 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #212 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
123 decided (1-9 homes)
74%
Major dwellings approved
23 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,252
Total decisions
138 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.