Decision details
Cotswold District Council Renewable Energy Study January 2025
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
For Cabinet to take note of the Cotswold
Renewable Energy Study
Decision:
The purpose of the report was to present the Cotswold District Renewable Energy Study and to provide evidence-based advice to inform decisions on renewable energy deployment and achieving net zero, while also supporting the Local Plan Update. Cabinet endorsement was sought to use the study as an evidence base for Council policies going forward.
The report was introduced by the Principal Planning Policy Officer in the absence of Councillor Mike McKeown, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability.
The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Joe Harris and seconded by Councillor Tristan Wilkinson
Cabinet RESOLVED to endorse the Renewable Energy Study for use as:
- part of the evidence base for the review of the Local Plan;
- part of the evidence base for future Council policies and procedures in regard to responding to the Climate and Ecological Emergencies.
Voting record:
6 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstain.
Report author: Jasper Lamoon
Publication date: 09/05/2025
Date of decision: 08/05/2025
Decided at meeting: 08/05/2025 - Cabinet
Effective from: 17/05/2025
Accompanying Documents:
- Cotswold District Renewable Energy Study - January 2025 Cabinet report
PDF 550 KB - Annex A Cotswold Renewable Energy Study January 2025 (main report)
PDF 845 KB - Annex B - Report Appendix A – Renewable energy resource and opportunity assessment
PDF 2 MB - Annex C Report Appendix B – Renewable energy assessment figures
PDF 16 MB - Annex D Report Appendix C – Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (with figures)
PDF 62 MB - Annex E Report Appendix D – Assessment assumptions
PDF 388 KB - Annex F Report Appendix E – Cotswold District Council Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
PDF 5 MB