Issue - meetings
Local Plan
Meeting: 03/08/2026 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 7.)
Purpose
To make a series of recommendations, principally relating to the Publication of the Local Plan for six weeks consultation in August and September 2026 and submission to the Secretary of State in December 2026 for independent examination.
The Overview and Scrutiny Committee will consider the report and make comments ahead of Cabinet on 6 August 2026. Cabinet will make recommendations to Council on 12 August 2026.
Accountable Member
Councillor Juliet Layton – Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning.
Report Author
Andrew Maxted - Head of Planning Policy and Infrastructure.
Additional documents:
- 1. Draft Cotswold Distirct Local Plan - Cabinet Version, item 7.
PDF 7 MB
- 2. Local Plan index of appendices and supporting documents, item 7.
PDF 33 KB
- 3. Appendix A General Policy Requirements for Development Sites, item 7.
PDF 57 KB
- 4. Appendix B Site Development Frameworks, item 7.
PDF 36 MB
- 5. Appendix C Site Development Templates, item 7.
PDF 1 MB
- 6. Appendix 1 Climate Change Sustainability Statement Requirements Table, item 7.
PDF 34 KB
- 7. Appendix 2 Saved Policy Strategic Site, south of Chesterton Cirencester Policy S2, item 7.
PDF 100 KB
- 8. Appendix 3 Saved Policy Vale of Evesham Heavy Goods Vehicle Control Zone (Policy INF6), item 7.
PDF 62 KB
- 9. Appendix 5 Cirencester Central Area, item 7.
PDF 64 KB
- 10. Appendix 6 Cirencester Opportunity Areas, item 7.
PDF 66 KB
- 11. Appendix 7 Special Policy Areas, item 7.
PDF 61 KB
- 12. Appendix 9 Vacant Building Credit Calculation Methodology, item 7.
PDF 76 KB
- 13. Appendix 10 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation, item 7.
PDF 142 KB
- 14. Appendix 11 Established Employment Sites, item 7.
PDF 579 KB
- 15. Appendix 12 Main Tourist Routes, item 7.
PDF 81 KB
- 16. Appendix 13 Designated Town Centres, item 7.
PDF 199 KB
- 17. Appendix 14 Designated Biodiversity and Geodiversity Sites, item 7.
PDF 74 KB
- 18. Appendix 15 Local Green Spaces, item 7.
PDF 796 KB
- 19. Appendix 16 Special Landscape Areas, item 7.
PDF 184 KB
- 20. Appendix 17 Nature Improvement Areas, item 7.
PDF 87 KB
- 21. Appendix 18 Other Policies, item 7.
PDF 68 KB
- 22. Appendix 19 Former Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Line, item 7.
PDF 54 KB
- 23. Appendix 20 Monitoring Framework, item 7.
PDF 124 KB
- 24. Appendix 21 Glossary, item 7.
PDF 162 KB
- 25. Draft Cotswold Local Plan Statement of Consultation (CDC, August 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 26. Draft Cotswold Local Development Scheme (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 485 KB
- 27. Draft Cotswold Settlement Role and Function Study (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 677 KB
- 28. Draft Cotswold Moreton-in-Marsh Feasibility Report (City Science, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 8 MB
- 29. Draft Cotswold Housing Delivery Study (Iceni, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 1 MB
- 30. Draft Cotswold Housing Density and Optimising Housing Delivery Technical Paper (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 769 KB
- 31. Draft Cotswold Housing Needs Evidence (Iceni, June 2026), item 7.
PDF 1 MB
- 32. Draft Cotswold Residential Land Monitoring Statistics 2024-25 (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 33. Draft Cotswold Residential Land Monitoring Statistics 2025-26 (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 34. Draft Cotswold Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment (RRR and CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 147 KB
- 35. Draft Cotswold Employment Land Review (Iceni, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 35a. Draft Cotswold Employment Land Review (Iceni, July 2026) - Appendix 1 - Site Assessments, item 7.
PDF 5 MB
- 36. Draft Cotswold Employment Land Monitoring Statistics Report 2020-25 (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 1 MB
- 37. Draft Cotswold Employment Land Monitoring Statistics Report 2025-26 (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 723 KB
- 38. Draft Cotswold Retail & Town Centres Study (Nexus, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 39. Draft Cotswold Sustainable Construction Policies - (Etude, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
- 40. Draft Cotswold Green Infrastructure Strategy (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 847 KB
- 40a. Draft Cotswold Green Infrastructure Strategy (CDC, July 2026) Appendices, item 7.
PDF 376 KB
- 41. Draft Cotswold Local Green Space Evidence Paper (CDC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 3 MB
- 42. Draft Cotswold Recreation Mitigation Study (LUC, July 2026), item 7.
PDF 2 MB
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