Land Parcel Rectory Farm Buildings Mill Lane Lower Swell Gloucestershire Data via plota.co.uk

26/03246/AGFO - Agricultural or Forestry Notification Awaiting decision

Proposal

Prior notification for the erection of a steel portal open-framed agricultural building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

20 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 2 Dec 2026 and 27 Dec 2026, from Cotswold's recent agricultural works.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

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Application forms 1

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Site constraints 6

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.

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 3. 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 2

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.

UKHSA radon ↗

Public bridleway 28 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 32 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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.

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Important details

Council: Cotswold
Application type: Agricultural or Forestry Notification
Received: 20 Oct 2026
Validated: 20 Oct 2026
Ward: Stow
Parish: Swell
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Cotswold usually decides agricultural works by day 58.

prediction

Day 850 days to the predicted decision (day 58)

50%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

63decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works 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: 4 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

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