The Piece Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG Data via plota.co.uk

26/03065/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Conversion of loft to create additional living accommodation to include addition of dormer windows, erection of 1.5-storey side extensions and front porch, erection of a detached ancillary outbuilding to replace the existing outbuilding, installation of solar panels on the dwelling and outbuilding roofs, and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:11

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Application progress

✓

Received

5 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

19 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Dec 2026, from Cotswold's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 17 Nov 2026

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Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

PDF D & A AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Report · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF Application Form Application Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 9 CIL Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

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.

Lower Swell 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.

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Scheduled monument 30 m away: Roman burials, medieval settlement remains and a later ditched enclosure east of St Mary's Church

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Registered park or garden 30 m away: Abbotswood

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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12 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: The Piece, Grade II, 31 m away · 1 Grade II*, 11 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. 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.

Show all 12 with distances

31 mThe PieceGrade II
31 mSunnyside and Cottage Adjacent to WestGrade II
51 mOld Farmhouse HotelGrade II
61 mCranmer Cottage Sunny BankGrade II
69 mLavender Cottage Rosemary CottageGrade II
69 mMile Stone Opposite Old Farmhouse HotelGrade II
69 mGolden Ball InnGrade II
95 mWall and Conduithead Adjoining to West of Rosemary CottageGrade II
104 mChurch of St MaryGrade II*
110 mCross Base 15 Yards South West of Church of St MaryGrade II
119 mLower Swell War MemorialGrade II
122 mFenwick Chest Tomb 20 Yards North East of Church of St MaryGrade II

Historic England ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 21 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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.