Cotswold District Council public consultation opens today

Cotswold District Council (CDC) is inviting representations on the Publication Version of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2026-2043.

The Local Plan sets out the CDC’s proposed planning strategy for the district to 2043, including policies and proposals for housing, employment, infrastructure, environmental protection and sustainable development. Once adopted, the new Local Plan will replace the adopted Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 and will form the basis for determining planning applications across the district.

This consultation represents the final stage of plan preparation before the Local Plan is submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination.

Unlike earlier consultation stages, the purpose of the Regulation 19 consultation is to invite formal representations on whether the Publication Local Plan is legally compliant and ‘sound’.

How to have your say:

The easiest way to have your say is using CDC’s online consultation form on its website.

You can also email CDC: local.plan@cotswold.gov.uk to request an offline form, which you can return to CDC via email or post.

Please note that representations and the names of respondents may be published as part of the examination process.

All representations received during the consultation period will be forwarded to the Planning Inspector together with CDC’s responses. A copy of the Local Plan consultation privacy notice is available on CDC’s website.