Copse Hill House Copse Hill Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HZ

23/02656/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Replacement of modern timber staircase with stone cantilevered staircase, reinstatement of first floor gallery opening and reinstatement of traditional wall panelling

Received: 24 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cotswold District Council
Ward: Bourton Vale

ReceivedReceived24 Aug
ValidatedValidated15 Sep
Consult.Consultation10 Oct
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Dec

Decided in 88 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Copse Hill House Copse Hill Lower Slaughter Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2HZ. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 10 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Bourton Vale. 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 2HZ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Upper Slaughter

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 October 2023
Consultation end: 10 October 2023
Last date for comments: 19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Robert Freeman
Agent address: The Studio Mill Barn Cow Lane Swindon OX13 5EJ

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12410404
Documents: 14
Constraints: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

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7 Jun
Compliance of conditions 3 (Design Details- staircase) and 4 (Sample stone) of permission 23/02656/LBC
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2024
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ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01239/COMPLY
2023
24 Aug
Replacement of modern timber staircase with stone cantilevered staircase, reinstatement of first floor…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/02656/LBC

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Cotswold

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