Aviary Cottage 20 Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EF
Refused on 14 July 2026
Council decision: Application Refused1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Erection of two-storey rear extension, conversion of outbuilding with replacement roof, fenestration repairs and alterations, removal of internal wall, removal of modern partitions, installation of internal partitions and stud wall and rainwater goods with associated works. Demolition of existing conservatory and greenhouse
- Received
- 13 March 2026
- Council
- Cotswold District Council
- Ward
- The Ampneys & Hampton
- ReceivedReceived13 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 May
- Consult.Consultation17 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Aviary Cottage 20 Barnsley Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5EF. Cotswold has handled 1,352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 12 weeks longer than Cotswold's typical decision time. The site is in the Duxford Airfield conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across The Ampneys & Hampton. We hold 3,514 applications in total for the GL7 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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Why it was refused
- Aviary Cottage is grade II listed building, comprising one of a pair of characteristic, mid-nineteenth century estate-worker's cottages, and is one of a number of similar, separately-listed pairs that lie within the designated Barnsley Conservation Area. Under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990, the Local Planning Authority is statutorily required to have special regard to the desirability of preserving the building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses. The current proposal, by virtue of the loss of the historic and characteristic rear (staggered) catslide, and the historic proportions and hierarchies of the cottage, and by virtue of the scale, location, and cumulative mass of extension, would neither preserve the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building, nor sustain its significance as a designated heritage asset. The harm would be less-than-substantial albeit considerable, and not be outweighed by any identified public benefits. As such the proposal conflicts with paragraph 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024), as well as Policy HE6 of the Draft National Planning Policy Framework (December 2025), and to grant consent would be contrary to the requirements of Section 16 of the Framework, and the statutory requirements of Section 16(2) of the 1990 Act.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GL7 5EF
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barnsley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Ben Twells
- Agent address
- Church Barn Church Lane Guiting Power Gloucestershire GL56 5TX
Additional information
- Documents
- 28
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Barnsley Conservation Area
- National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cotswold
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