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Meeting date:

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Minutes of meeting held on 8 October 2025 - APPROVE:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/02458/FUL - Brook Close, Rodmarton

25/02458/FUL - Brook Close, Rodmarton - REFUSE:

Resolution status:Carried

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 8th October, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Approve the minutes of the meeting held on 10 September 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/01036/OUT - Land East Of Cotswold Business Village

25/01036/OUT - Land East of Cotswold Business Village - REFUSE:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/01970/PLP - Land At Ethans Orchard

25/01970/PLP - Land at Ethan's Orchard - REFUSE against Officer recommendations.:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/02584/TPO - Abbey Grounds

25/02584/TPO - Abbey Grounds - PERMIT:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/00002 - Tree Preservation Order - Mill Close, Blockley

25/00002 - Tree Preservation Order - Mill Close, Blockley - PERMIT:

Resolution status:Carried

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Council, Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Minutes

To APPROVE the minutes of Full Council 16 July 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: Corporate Plan 2024-2028 Update

To APPROVE the recommendations and adopt the Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: Treasury Management Outturn

To APPROVE the treasury management outturn report 2024/25:

Resolution status:Carried

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 10th September, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: 25/01194/OUT - Land Parcel North of Olimpick Drive

25/01194/OUT - Land Parcel North of Olimpick Drive - REFUSE:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/01717/FUL - Land West of Hatherop Road

25/01717/FUL - Land West of Hatherop Road - PERMIT:

Resolution status:Carried

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Nick Bridges	Abstain

Item: 25/01970/PLP - Land At Ethans Orchard

25/01970/PLP - Land At Ethans Orchard - DEFER:

Resolution status:Carried

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 13th August, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

04. Approve minute of meeting 9 July 2025.:

Motion status:Carried

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Item: Appointment to Sub-Committee

8. Approve appointments to Licensing Sub-Committees:

Motion status:Carried

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Item: Tree Preservation Order 25/00001/IND

9. Tree preservation Order 25/00001/IND - Refuse:

Motion status:Carried

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Council, Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Minutes of Full Council 19 March 2025

To APPROVE the minutes of Full Council 19 March 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that the minutes of Full Council 19 March 2025 were approved as a true and accurate record.

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Item: Minutes of Full Council 21 May 2025

To APPROVE the minutes of Annual Council 21 May 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that the minutes of Annual Council 21 May 2025 were approved as a true and accurate record.

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Item: Minutes of Extraordinary Council 26 June 2025

To APPROVE the minutes of Extraordinary Council 26 June 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that the minutes of Extraordinary Council 26 June 2025 were approved as a true and accurate record.

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Item: Recommendations from Constitution Working Group

To APPROVE the recommendations of the Constitution Working Group:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that Council:

1. AGREED to the establishment of an Appeals Committee with responsibility for considering appeals by the Council’s statutory officers about disciplinary action taken against them, in accordance with the Local Government Association’s Model Procedure;

2. AGREED that the Appeals Committee will be a politically balanced committee comprising 5 Members, including one Member of Cabinet, who are not members of the Performance and Appointments Committee, with a quorum of 3 Members;

3. APPOINTED Councillors Dale ,Fowles, Mansilla, Slater and Wilkinson to the Appeals Committee;

4. Authorise the Director of Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include the Appeals Committee within the Constitution;

5. NOTED that further proposals relating to Statutory Officer employment rules will be considered by the Constitution Working Group.

6. AUTHORISED the Director of Governance and Development, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include within the Planning Protocol a deadline for representations to the Planning and Licensing Committee of 2.00pm two working days before a meeting.

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Item: Appointment of Independent Remuneration Panel Member(s)

To APPROVE the IRP appointments:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to APPROVE the appointment of Nikki Clark, Nick Craxton, David Hindle and Graham Russell to the Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP).

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Item: Report Back from British Farming Motion Task and Finish Group

To APPROVE the recommendation of the British Farming Motion Task and Finish Group:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that Council REQUESTS that the Leader writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer expressing concerns that the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax rules as they relate to farms will have unintended consequences that could have far-reaching implications for the viability of the farming sector of the Cotswolds.

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Item: Local Plan Update Report

REQUEST Opposition Member on Oversight Board membership.:

Amendment status:Rejected

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To AGREE to the merger of the two Local Plan projects:

Resolution status:Carried

Council is recommended to AGREE to merge the two ongoing Local Plan projects:

the partial update of the adopted Cotswold District Local Plan (2011-2031);

and

the Development Strategy and Site Allocations Plan,

into a single comprehensive Full Local Plan Update in conjunction with incorporating work of the Gloucestershire Strategic Plan, where appropriate, with a view to submission in 2026 and adoption in 2027.

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 9th July, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: 24/03501/OUT - Land North of The Wern, Lechlade

24/03501/OUT - Land North of The Wern - Refuse:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/00650/FUL - Land at Nos. 26 To 48 Austin Road Cirencester

25/00650/FUL - Land at Nos. 26 - 43 Auston Road, Cirencester - Permit:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 24/03111/FUL - The Saddlery, Kineton, Guiting Power

24/03111/FUL - The Saddlery, Kineton, Guiting Power - Refuse:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/01020/FUL - Duchy Home Farm, Tetbury

25/01020/FUL - Dutchy Home Farm, Tetbury - Permit:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/01049/FUL - Compton Farm, Compton Abdale

25/01049/FUl - Compton Farm, Compton Abdale:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: National Scheme of Delegation

To delegate authority to the Head of Planning following Member consultation - Permit:

Resolution status:Carried

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Planning and Licensing Committee, Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Minutes:

Resolution status:Carried

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Nick Bridges	Abstain

Item: 24/02854/OUT - Land West of Kingshill Lane, Cirencester.

Site Inspection briefing:

Resolution status:Rejected

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Nick Bridges	For

24/02854/OUT - Land West of Kingshill Lane. To Permit:

Resolution status:Carried

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Nick Bridges	Against

Item: 24/03111/FUL - The Saddlery, Kineton, Guiting Power.

Site Inspection Briefing:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 25/00045/FUL - Land North East of Braecroft, Upper Oddington.

25/00045/FUL - Land North East of Braecroft, Upper Oddington. To Permit:

Resolution status:Carried

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Item: 21/01892/FUL - Outbuilding to the East of Poplars Barn, Evenlode, Moreton-In-Marsh.

21/01892/FUL - Outbuilding to the East of Poplars Barn, Evenlode, Moreton-in-Marsh. To Defer:

Resolution status:Carried

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Annual Council, Council, Wednesday, 21st May, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Election of a Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Mark Harris as Chair of Council:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Councillor Mark Harris be appointed as Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

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Item: Appointment of a Vice-Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Ray Brassington as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Ray Brassington be appointed as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

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Item: Election of Leader

Resolution : to Elect Councillor Mike Evemy as Leader of the Council:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Mike Evemy be appointed as Leader of Council for a term of office extending to the Annual Council meeting in May 2027.

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Item: Appointment of Committees 2025/26

To AGREE appointments to Council committees and working groups for the Civic Year 2025/26 and to make appointments to the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of Committees for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Full Council RESOLVED to:

DETERMINE that, in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the Act”), the Council shall continue to apply the political balance provisions under the Act to committees as shown in Annex A;
APPOINT Councillors to serve on the Council’s Committees and working groups as set out in Annex B for a term of office expiring at the next Annual Meeting of the Council;
APPOINT Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council’s Committees and working groups as shown in Annex B;
NOTE the arrangements for substitutions set out in part 4 of the report;

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Item: Appointments to Outside Bodies 2025/26

To AGREE nominations to Outside Bodies for the 2025/26 civic year.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

NOTE the appointments to outside bodies by the Leader of the Council in respect of executive functions, as set out in Annex A

Table 1;

CONFIRM the appointments to the Gloucestershire County Council Economic Strategy Scrutiny Committee and the Gloucestershire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in Annex A Table 2.

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Item: Rural England Prosperity Fund 2025-26

To APPROVE the approach for delivery of REPF projects in 2025/26 and AGREE the necessary delegations:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

Amend the capital programme for 2025/26 to include the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) scheme capital budget of £229,240, which is fully funded from the 2025/26 REPF grant allocation.
Approve the provisional allocations as set out in para 3.1.
Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economy and Council Transformation and the Council’s Section 151 Officer to allocate the funding, having regard to the recommendations of the REPF Assessment Panel.

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