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Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH

25/02662/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 21 October 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of oak framed orangery following removal of existing extension

Received
26 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Rectory Farmhouse Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LH. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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.

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 1LH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2025
Consultation expiry
26 September 2025
Consultation end
26 September 2025
Last date for comments
1 October 2025

Appeal history

6001595
Dismissed
Type: Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 January 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14275533
Documents
28
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower Swell Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    26 Aug

    Erection of oak framed orangery following removal of existing extension

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/02661/FUL
  2. 2025
    26 Aug

    Erection of oak framed orangery following removal of existing extension

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent25/02662/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    25 Nov

    Tree work to be carried out: 1. Crown reduction of three Sycamore. Reduction of 15-20% overall, branch length…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areas24/03562/TCONR
  2. 2019
    20 Feb

    Compliance with conditions 4 (sample materials), 5 (sample walling panel) & 6 (sample render panel) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/00910/COMPLY
  3. 2018
    22 Jun

    Conversion of the existing garage into storage, erection of double garage with garden room over and new front…

    ApprovedFull Application18/02401/FUL
  4. 2018
    22 Jun

    Conversion of the existing garage into storage and new front entrance door

    ApprovedListed building consent18/02402/LBC
  5. 2018
    17 Jan

    Conversion of the existing garage into utility and store and a new front entrance door

    RefusedListed building consent18/00223/LBC

Source: Cotswold

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