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Cirencester’s Corinium Museum, which is managed on behalf of Cotswold District Council by Freedom Leisure one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit leisure trusts, is celebrating after being awarded the accreditation of VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction with a 91% rating.

Cotswold District Council is set to clamp down on empty properties and second homes to tackle the housing crisis in the district – where house prices are 14 times the average salary. 

Cotswold District Council is proud to announce the official opening of new affordable homes at Stockwells in Moreton-in-Marsh, marking a significant milestone in the council's commitment to providing truly affordable and sustainable housing solutions for residents.

Cotswold District Council is working with Freedom Leisure and One Gloucestershire to put on a Health and Wellbeing Roadshow, as part of the Active Cotswold programme, to provide support to residents. 

Taking place during the last two weeks of March, the Great British Spring Clean rallies people up and down the country to tidy up their neighbourhoods and local green spaces to protect the environment.  

Cotswold District Council is pleased to announce the formal adoption of the Down Ampney Neighbourhood Plan.

Cotswold District Council is offering more support for young people leaving care by increasing the age they will be eligible for council tax support from age 21 to age 25. 

Cotswold District Council have agreed to continue providing business rate relief through the Government’s Retail, Hospitality and Leisure scheme for the financial year 2024/25.

Cotswold District Council is working in partnership with Gloucestershire County Council and local community organisation World Jungle to deliver another Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) for eligible children across the Cotswold district this spring.

A couple from Fairford who fraudulently claimed over £23,500 in Universal Credit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and a further £2,000 reduction in their Council Tax have been sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court.  

Cotswold District Council is seeking new partners to invest in the renovation of the Old Station building in Cirencester.

Voters across Cotswold District are being encouraged to make sure they are registered, have applied for postal voting, and applied for identification if needed ahead of the deadlines so that they can vote in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May.