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Cotswold: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 24 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

Cotswold's emerging Local Plan uses a local housing need figure of 1,054 dwellings a year, a requirement of 17,918 homes over 2026-2043.

“The housing requirement over the Plan period is 17,918 net dwellings (i.e. 17 years x 1,054 homes per year).”

Cotswold District Council, 1 July 2026. Read 24 September 2026. 'Cotswold District Housing Land Supply Topic Paper – 1 April 2026 base' (July 2026; day not shown). Same paper: 'A local housing need (LHN) figure of 1,054 dwellings per annum is used for the emerging Local Plan'. Verified with pdftotext. Cabinet 10 July 2025 agreed to merge Local Plan projects into a Full Local Plan Update, submission 2026, adoption 2027 (https://meetings.cotswold.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=5820).

Transport

Cotswold District Council adopted a Car Parking Strategy 2025-2028 in autumn 2025.

“Cotswold District Council Car Parking Strategy 2025-2028 was adopted in Autumn 2025.”

Cotswold District Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. District council; highways are Gloucestershire County Council's responsibility. Parking is the council's transport remit.

Council tax

Band D set by Cotswold for 2026–27: £163.93 of a £2,391.65 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Cotswold District Council's Band D council tax for 2026/27 is £163.93, an increase of 3.15%.

“The District Council Tax is therefore £163.93 at Band D (an increase of 3.15 % on the 2025/26 figure).”

Cotswold District Council, 23 February 2026. Read 24 September 2026. Council report 'Council Tax 2026/27', Council meeting 23 February 2026. Verified with pdftotext. The council's budget page says: 'our portion of council tax will rise by less than 10p a week - £5 a year for a Band D home.'

Environment

Cotswold's council plan commits to a clear plan for the council's operations to reach net zero by 2030.

“A measurable reduction in the Council’s Carbon footprint and a clear plan for our operations to reach NetZero by 2030”

Cotswold District Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Bullet point in 'Our Cotswolds Our Plan 2024-2028'. Verified with pdftotext.

Education

Cotswold is a district council and does not run schools; no school proposal is on its website. Where we looked

Who runs the council

34 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 22, Conservative and Unionist 10, Green Party (E&W) 1, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Blockley ward (24 September 2026).

All 34 councillors, by ward
  • Mark Harris (Liberal Democrats) — Abbey
  • Clare Turner (Green Party (E&W)) — Blockley
  • Len Wilkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Bourton Vale
  • Jon Wareing (Liberal Democrats) — Bourton Village
  • Gina Blomefield (Conservative and Unionist) — Campden & Vale
  • Tom Stowe (Conservative and Unionist) — Campden & Vale
  • Paul Hodgkinson (Liberal Democrats) — Chedworth & Churn Valley
  • Andrea Pellegram (Liberal Democrats) — Chesterton
  • David Fowles (Conservative and Unionist) — Coln Valley
  • Julia Judd (Conservative and Unionist) — Ermin
  • Michael Vann (Liberal Democrats) — Fairford North
  • David Cunningham (Conservative and Unionist) — Fosseridge
  • Ray Brassington (Liberal Democrats) — Four Acres
  • Tony Slater (Conservative and Unionist) — Grumbolds Ash with Avening
  • Mike McKeown (Liberal Democrats) — Kemble
  • Helene Mansilla (Liberal Democrats) — Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South
  • Tristan Wilkinson (Liberal Democrats) — Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South
  • Angus Jenkinson (Liberal Democrats) — Moreton East
  • Daryl Corps (Conservative and Unionist) — Moreton West
  • Claire Bloomer (Liberal Democrats) — New Mills
  • Tony Dale (Liberal Democrats) — Northleach
  • Jeremy Theyer (Conservative and Unionist) — Sandywell
  • Mike Evemy (Liberal Democrats) — Siddington & Cerney Rural
  • Juliet Layton (Liberal Democrats) — South Cerney Village
  • Joe Harris (Liberal Democrats) — St Michael's
  • Dilys Neill (Liberal Democrats) — Stow
  • Patrick Coleman (Liberal Democrats) — Stratton
  • Nikki Ind (Independent / Other) — Tetbury East & Rural
  • Ian Watson (Liberal Democrats) — Tetbury Town
  • Laura Hall-Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Tetbury with Upton
  • Lisa Spivey (Liberal Democrats) — The Ampneys & Hampton
  • Paul Evans (Liberal Democrats) — The Beeches
  • Craig Thurling (Liberal Democrats) — The Rissingtons
  • Nick Bridges (Liberal Democrats) — Watermoor

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Council motions, labelled by the group that proposed them and with the result, are not yet collected for this council; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.