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The Piece Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG

25/03650/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a timber-built shepherd's hut

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stow
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Piece Lower Swell Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 1LG. Cotswold has handled 2,474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 5 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Swell conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.

92% of full 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 1LG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swell

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
8 January 2026
Consultation end
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mrs Sarah Savage
Agent address
Crane Garden Buildings Narford Road Narford PE32 1JA

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    21 Nov

    T3 Walnut Crown lift lower branches for the shepherds hut. T4 Holm Oak Crown lift lower growth to open up the…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in conservation areasFiled alongside25/03717/TCONR
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Installation of a timber-built shepherd's hut

    This applicationApprovedFull25/03650/FUL

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