Hollytree Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU Data via plota.co.uk

26/02678/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of two storey pitched roof side extension to cottage and single storey mono pitched glazed kitchen extension to south gable facade Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Sept 2026
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Validated
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 6 Dec 2026, from Cotswold's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

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Documents 9

Statements & assessments 4

PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND METHOD STATEMENT Report · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN STATEMENT FORM BNG Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM 1 CIL Form · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF SITE PHOTOGRAPHS Photograph · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PEA Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
Ablington 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Ablington House, Grade II, 42 m away · 3 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Scheduled monument 221 m away: Ablington camp; Priority habitat 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 13 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.

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Important details

Council
Cotswold
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GL7 5NU
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
13 Oct 2026
Ward
Coln Valley
Parish
Bibury
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Michael Lowe
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Cotswold usually decides extensions by day 54.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
657decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
10 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Withdrawn
Erection of single-storey and two-storey extensions, demolition of stables and associated…
22/04493/FUL
2022 Withdrawn
Erection of single-storey and two-storey extensions, demolition of stables and associated…
22/04493/FUL
2021 Approved
T1 - Chestnut tree to be re-pollard at approx. four meters
21/02116/TCONR
2021 Approved
T1 - Chestnut tree to be re-pollard at approx. four meters
21/02116/TCONR
2021 Approved
T1 - Chestnut tree with a large basal cavity and electric wires running through the canop…
21/01552/TCONR
2021 Approved
T1 - Chestnut tree with a large basal cavity and electric wires running through the canop…
21/01552/TCONR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 Larch - Tree in decline - Remove
22/02817/TCONR
2022 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 Larch - Tree in decline - Remove
22/02817/TCONR
2022 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Large Taxus Baccata just the inside the garden. Reduce crown by up to 1.5m all around to…
22/01479/TCONR
2022 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Large Taxus Baccata just the inside the garden. Reduce crown by up to 1.5m all around to…
22/01479/TCONR
2021 Approved
Ablington Old Barn Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Dismantle the large Ash Tree (ID#1) located at the Woodland Area, leave stump as close to…
21/02142/TCONR
2021 Approved
Ablington Old Barn Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Dismantle the large Ash Tree (ID#1) located at the Woodland Area, leave stump as close to…
21/02142/TCONR
2021 Approved
Stonebank Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Conversion of existing garage loft space to a hobbies room/guest bedroom with associated…
21/00818/FUL
2021 Approved
Ablington House Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 - Sycamore - fell. T2 - Sycamore - Perform a 4m height reduction and bring laterals in…
21/00494/TCONR
2021 Approved
Ablington House Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 - Sycamore - fell. T2 - Sycamore - Perform a 4m height reduction and bring laterals in…
21/00494/TCONR
2021 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
1) Diseased Scots Pine Tree - Tree to be felled. 2) Scots Pine Tree - Tree to be felled…
21/00439/TCONR
2021 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
1) Diseased Scots Pine Tree - Tree to be felled. 2) Scots Pine Tree - Tree to be felled…
21/00439/TCONR
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Demolition of existing boundary wall, erection of boundary wall
20/04238/LBC
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Demolition of existing boundary wall, erection of boundary wall
20/04238/LBC
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Demolition of existing boundary wall, and erection of boundary wall
20/04237/FUL
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Demolition of existing boundary wall, and erection of boundary wall
20/04237/FUL
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Internal and fenestration alterations. Relocation of vehicular access gates and landscapi…
20/01290/LBC
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Internal and fenestration alterations. Relocation of vehicular access gates and landscapi…
20/01290/LBC
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Fenestration alterations, relocation of vehicular access gates and landscaping
20/01289/FUL
2020 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Fenestration alterations, relocation of vehicular access gates and landscaping
20/01289/FUL
2019 Approved
Ablington House Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Re-roofing of existing building
19/04280/LBC
2017 Approved
Crabtree Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Proposed single storey and first floor extensions
17/04894/FUL
2017 Approved
Hazelnut Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Proposed 1.8m high boundary wall across existing vehicle access
17/03860/FUL
2017 Approved
Hazelnut Cottage Ablington Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
Proposed 1.8m high boundary wall across existing vehicle access
17/03860/FUL
2017 Approved
John Browns Cottage Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 - Holly - 2.5m overall crown reduction; T2 - Lime - fell due to proximity to the dry s…
17/04121/TCONR
2017 Approved
John Browns Cottage Ablington Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NU
T1 - Holly - 2.5m overall crown reduction; T2 - Lime - fell due to proximity to the dry s…
17/04121/TCONR
Cotswold
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#218 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
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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

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Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.