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Rectory Farm Mill Lane Lower Swell Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

24/01674/OPANOTPrior Approval Notification - otherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible commercial use

Received
6 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Rectory Farm Mill Lane Lower Swell Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 440 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Stow. We hold 3,306 applications in total for the GL54 postcode area.

81% of outline 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 1LH
Application type
Prior Approval Notification - other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2024
Consultation expiry
11 July 2024
Consultation end
11 July 2024
Last date for comments
19 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Miss Lorelie Davies
Agent address
4 Woodleys Yard West Street Aldbourne Marlborough SN8 2BL

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
14

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.

© 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.

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.

Source: Cotswold

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