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Cotswold

Description

Cotswold is a neighborhood in the City of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The Cotswold Village shopping center stands inside it, at the intersection of Randolph Road and Sharon Amity Road. The center's owner says it debuted in 1963 as one of the city's first suburban malls.

Cotswold is not a separate town. The City of Charlotte sets its zoning, Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement issues building permits, and owners pay both City and County property taxes. The City's annexation history map dates the area's annexation to 1960. The City says its data for annexations dated before 1997 are approximate.

I'm Yubeen Choi, a bilingual English and Korean agent with eXp Realty. This page doesn't list homes for sale. If you're looking at Cotswold homes for sale, tell me your budget and the streets you're considering, and I can send you current listings that match. Before you make an offer, I can also check the lot's zoning and the tree rules that would apply to any work you plan.

Where Cotswold Is

Sources draw Cotswold's edges differently. On this page, "in Cotswold" means inside the neighborhood statistical area named Cotswold that the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Quality of Life Explorer's place search returns. The Explorer now reports its data by numbered Neighborhood Profile Areas, and one neighborhood may take in several of them.

On that County map, Cotswold borders Myers Park, Oakhurst, Grier Heights, Wendover / Sedgewood, Echo Hills, East Forest, Foxcroft, Providence Park and Sherwood Forest. It lies east of Myers Park and Eastover and southeast of Uptown. The Cotswold Village address point falls inside it. So does Oakhurst Park, even though it carries the name of the neighboring Oakhurst area. Mecklenburg County's jurisdiction map places Cotswold Village in the City of Charlotte.

The County assessor uses a separate appraisal area that it also names Cotswold. It takes in single-family lots on Andover, Aylesford, Canterbury, Chelmsford, Coventry and Exeter roads, Coddington Place and Danbury Street, among others. The two County areas overlap but are not the same, so if a listing calls a house Cotswold, I can check the address against both.

Cotswold Homes and History

The assessor's records for its Cotswold area include one-story single-family houses built in the 1950s and two-story houses built since 2000.

The State Historic Preservation Office's survey database records Cotswald Homes, using that spelling, on Woodlark Lane: one-story, side-gable brick Modernist buildings dated 1954 and 1959. A September 2000 survey of postwar Modernism in Charlotte says Cotswald Homes, built circa 1954, keeps simple duplexes on a large lawn set with many trees. The survey, citing architectural historian Leland M. Roth, calls this design a superblock.

Charlotte's 2015 comprehensive architectural survey, conducted for the City, lists Cotswold Homes as a 1954 and 1959 residential superblock development and recommends it for further study. The report says the resources on that list are not listed in the National Register or designated as local landmarks.

The Fallon Company says its apartment project The Colwick, at Colwick Road and Chiswick Road in Cotswold, broke ground in 2024 and will include 234 residential units. Axios Charlotte reported on May 9, 2025 that it should finish in early 2027. City subdivision records also list approved townhome plans named Ferncliff at Cotswold Townhomes and Lucent at Cotswold.

Zoning, Tree Rules and Permits for Owners

The City of Charlotte zones Cotswold under its Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), adopted August 22, 2022 and effective June 1, 2023. On the City's zoning map, the points I checked on Andover, Chelmsford, Coventry and Exeter roads are N1-A. The UDO says N1-A is typically applied to established neighborhoods and allows residential dwellings on lots of 10,000 square feet or greater. A point in the northeast part of the area is N1-B, with lots of 8,000 square feet or greater. Olde Cotswold Court and a point near Woodlark Lane are N2-B, a district intended for multi-family dwellings that also permits single-family, duplex, triplex and quadraplex dwellings. None of these points has an overlay district.

The N1-A through N1-E districts allow single-family, duplex and triplex dwellings on all lots, and quadraplexes on arterial streets when an affordable housing unit is provided. The UDO allows only one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) per lot. An ADU in an accessory structure may not exceed 600 heated square feet or 70% of the main house's total floor area, whichever is greater, and never more than 1,000 heated square feet.

The UDO defines a heritage tree as a North Carolina native tree with a trunk diameter (DBH) of 30 inches or greater. When a project builds a new principal structure, needs a subdivision approval, or cumulatively adds built-upon area or building coverage of at least 5% or 1,000 square feet, whichever is less, a heritage tree may be removed only with an approved City-issued tree work permit or under the standards the UDO lists. Outside development, the Charlotte Tree Ordinance, adopted by City Council on May 15, 2023, protects heritage trees, and removing a qualifying one requires a Heritage Tree Removal Permit.

A new single-family house, duplex, triplex or quadraplex built outside a subdivision approval or multi-dwelling development must plant trees between the house and the street: one large maturing tree for every 40 feet of lot width, or one small maturing tree for every 30 feet, with at least one tree per lot. Sites with demonstrated constraints, such as water meters, sewer lines or driveways, may meet the requirement through a payment in lieu or by planting in alternate locations under the Charlotte Tree Manual. The City's Urban Forestry Residential Team reviews single-family and duplex infill on individual lots.

Building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits come from Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, not the City. Its permitting page says residential work costing $40,000 or less may not need a permit, unless the work involves one of these:

  • Adding, repairing or replacing load-bearing structures
  • Adding or redesigning a plumbing system
  • Adding, replacing or redesigning a heating, air conditioning or electrical system
  • Using materials the code does not permit
  • Adding roofing, other than replacing it with material of the same fire-resistance grade

Property Taxes and Revaluation

Cotswold owners pay both City and County property taxes. For fiscal year 2027, the Mecklenburg County rate is 0.4927 per $100 of assessed value and the City of Charlotte rate is 0.2930 per $100, or 0.7857 combined. Property tax payments are due September 1, 2026, and must be paid by January 5, 2027.

Beginning in 2019, Mecklenburg County has revalued property every four years, and its 2027 revaluation is under way. Notices will be mailed in early 2027. If you think a new value is wrong, you can request an informal review within 30 days from the date on your notice.

Shopping, Parks and Places

Cotswold Village's leasing agent places it in the heart of the Cotswold neighborhood, and its owner describes it today as an open-air center. Connect CRE reported on October 31, 2023, when the center was sold, that Harris Teeter anchors the 260,000-square-foot retail center, which sits on 21 acres at Randolph and Sharon Amity Road. The center's current directory still lists Harris Teeter.

Publix runs a store it names Cotswold at 4425 Randolph Rd., and its store data gives an opening date of June 20, 2018. Novant Health's Cotswold Medical Clinic, a family doctor clinic, is at 200 Greenwich Road, and its Orthopedics & Sports Medicine - Cotswold clinic is at 4741 Randolph Road. For office and retail space, see my Cotswold commercial real estate page.

Oakhurst Park, at 3533 Craig Ave., is a County neighborhood park inside the Cotswold statistical area. Mecklenburg County lists a playground, basketball, a ballfield, picnic tables and open lawn there, open during daylight hours.

Naomi Drenan Recreation Center and Grayson Park, at 750 Beal St., sit among Charlotte's Grier Heights, Cotswold and Wendover-Sedgewood neighborhoods, the County says. In a May 4, 2026 release, it said it had reopened them and Grayson Skatepark after renovations. In Grayson Park, the County refurbished the basketball court and a shelter and built a new playground.

Randolph Road Park, at 201 Billingsley Rd., is a County community park with ballfields and batting cages. On the County's map it is in the neighboring Grier Heights area, not in Cotswold.

Getting Around and City Projects

Randolph Road and Sharon Amity Road cross at Cotswold Village. At its southern end, South Sharon Amity Road meets Providence Road, where Sharon Lane continues. As of October 2026, CATS's published schedule data shows Route 15 Randolph Road and the 62x Rea Road Express stopping at Randolph Road and Sharon Amity Road, and Route 28 Fairview Road stopping on Sharon Amity Road at Randolph Road. Routes change, so check CATS before you rely on one.

The City's capital project map lists these ongoing projects in the area. A street lighting project on Providence Road, from Wendover Road to McKee Road, is in construction. A storm drainage improvement project on Litchfield Road is in design.

Cotswold also appears in two of the City's Charlotte Future 2040 Community Area Plans, which the City describes as policy guides for land use, zoning and capital investment decisions. On the City's revised 2040 Policy Map, the Cotswold Village point is a Neighborhood Center in the South Middle plan area, and a residential point I checked is Neighborhood 1 in the East Middle & Outer plan area. The final East Middle & Outer plan's cover gives its adoption date as April 13, 2026.

Both plans list a Cotswold group of potential mobility projects, aimed at a more accessible "park once" environment, improved crossings and more convenient multimodal access between the Cotswold Activity Center and nearby neighborhoods. The list includes a shared-use path on Randolph Road, a complete-street upgrade of Sharon Amity Road, pedestrian and bike work at the Randolph and Sharon Amity intersection, a Greenwich Road pedestrian and bike connection and a Cotswold Mobility Hub. The plans say not all identified groups or projects will be funded or constructed.

Schools

Public school assignment for Cotswold addresses is handled by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). CMS assigns each student a home school based on residential address and school boundaries, and it publishes boundary maps for each school year, currently 2026-2027. Assignments can change, so check a specific address with the Find My School link on the CMS website, which opens Mecklenburg County's GeoPortal.

Buying or Selling in Cotswold

Before you make an offer, I can check the parcel's zoning, whether large trees on the lot may be heritage trees, and the City projects nearby. North Carolina's disclosure law requires the seller of a covered home to give the buyer three statements: a residential property disclosure statement and an owners' association and mandatory covenants disclosure statement (G.S. 47E-4), and a mineral and oil and gas rights mandatory disclosure statement (G.S. 47E-4.1). The first sale of a dwelling never inhabited is exempt from 47E-4 under G.S. 47E-2(b), but not from 47E-4.1.

If you're selling, I can gather the zoning, the tree rules that apply and recent comparable sales before we set a price, in English or Korean. A free home valuation is a good first step, and my guide to selling a home in Charlotte covers the rest.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page doesn't list homes for sale. Tell me your budget, the streets you're considering and whether you want a house or a townhome, and I can send you current Cotswold listings that match. Before you tour one, I can also check its zoning and whether City tree rules would affect any work you plan.

Cotswold is a neighborhood inside the City of Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County. It is not a separate town. On the County's neighborhood statistical area map, which I use on this page, the Cotswold Village shopping center at Randolph Road and Sharon Amity Road is inside it. Cotswold lies east of Myers Park and southeast of Uptown, and it borders Myers Park, Oakhurst, Grier Heights, Wendover / Sedgewood and Sherwood Forest, among others.

The County assessor's records for its Cotswold area include one-story single-family houses built in the 1950s and two-story houses built since 2000. The State Historic Preservation Office records Cotswald Homes on Woodlark Lane, one-story brick Modernist buildings dated 1954 and 1959. City records also list approved townhome plans, and The Colwick apartment project broke ground in 2024.

I don't publish a price range here, because sale prices change and depend on the house, the lot and its condition, and a neighborhood average can mislead you about a specific street. Tell me the streets you're considering, and I can pull recent sales of comparable homes so you can see what they actually sold for.

On the City's zoning map, the points I checked on Andover, Chelmsford, Coventry and Exeter roads are N1-A, with lots of 10,000 square feet or greater, and a point in the northeast part of the area is N1-B, with lots of 8,000 square feet or greater. Olde Cotswold Court and a point near Woodlark Lane are N2-B, a multi-family district. The N1 districts allow single-family, duplex and triplex dwellings on all lots, and the UDO allows only one accessory dwelling unit per lot, so check the specific parcel before you plan one.

No. Cotswold is not one of Charlotte's eight local historic districts, and the City's historic district parcel map names no Cotswold district. The State Historic Preservation Office lists Cotswald Homes on Woodlark Lane as a surveyed area with no designation, and a 2015 survey of Charlotte recommended it for further study.

Cotswold is inside the City of Charlotte, so owners pay both City and County property taxes. For fiscal year 2027, the County rate is 0.4927 per $100 of assessed value and the City rate is 0.2930 per $100, or 0.7857 combined. Mecklenburg County's 2027 revaluation notices will be mailed in early 2027, and you can request an informal review within 30 days from the date on your notice.

Public school assignment for Cotswold addresses is handled by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. CMS assigns each student a home school based on residential address and school boundaries, and it publishes boundary maps for each school year, currently 2026-2027. Assignments can change, so check a specific address with the Find My School lookup on Mecklenburg County's GeoPortal.

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