Last updated: December 2025

Who We Are

Cotswold Planning Hub provides educational information about planning in Cotswold District.

Cookies and Analytics

We use Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager) to understand how visitors use our website.

What We Collect

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect:

• Pages you visit
• Time spent on pages
• How you arrived at our site
• General location (country/region)
• Device and browser type

This helps us improve the website. We do not use it to identify you personally. IP anonymisation is enabled.

Your Consent

We only activate analytics cookies after you consent. When you first visit, a cookie banner asks your permission. You can accept, reject, or change your preference at any time.

If you reject cookies, the website works fully without them.

Google’s Role

Google processes analytics data on our behalf and may transfer data outside the UK. See Google’s Privacy Policy for details.

Information You Provide

If you email us, we receive your email address and message. We use this only to respond to you.

Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your data. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Data Retention

• Analytics data: 14 months (Google’s default)
• Email correspondence: Up to 2 years

Changes

We may update this policy. The date above shows the last revision.

Complaints

You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office: ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.