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The Rookery Upper Dowdeswell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LT

23/02522/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reinstatement of original first floor of dwelling, and wall removal in modern rear extension

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandywell
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 128 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a rear extension at The Rookery Upper Dowdeswell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4LT. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 12 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Dowdeswell conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Sandywell. We hold 3,306 applications in total for the GL54 postcode area.

94% of heritage applications at Cotswold District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL54 4LT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dowdeswell

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Consultation expiry
14 September 2023
Consultation end
14 September 2023
Last date for comments
28 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr R Guilor
Agent address
Baytree House Parabola Road Cheltenham GL50 3BD

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12377439
Documents
7
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dowdeswell Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The RookeryOn this site · +4 more
  • Registered park and garden: Dowdeswell CourtPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Cotswold

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