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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cheltenham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
473 approved · 133 refused · 191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rossella 29 Brookway Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HF
Received 2 Apr 202449 Bafford Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DN
Received 2 Apr 202421 Carisbrooke Drive Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YA
Received 2 Apr 2024Stanmer House Lypiatt Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Apr 202481 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PJ
Received 2 Apr 20244 Croft Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LQ
Received 2 Apr 2024Land At Caernarvon Court Caernarvon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Apr 2024Sandford Lido Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PU
Received 3 Apr 202410 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 3 Apr 202452 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NQ
Received 3 Apr 202450 King William Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RP
Received 3 Apr 202467 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 3 Apr 202467 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 3 Apr 20248 Sydenham Road South Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EF
Received 3 Apr 202411 Lyefield Road West Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EZ
Received 4 Apr 2024Godwood House 37 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Apr 202414 Orchard Park Hayden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SN
Received 4 Apr 202410 Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DP
Received 5 Apr 2024114 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EA
Received 5 Apr 202414 Thompson Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PL
Received 5 Apr 20241 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1US
Received 5 Apr 20241 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1US
Received 5 Apr 2024Anchor Cottage Bowbridge Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BJ
Received 5 Apr 202415 Pilford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AG
Received 5 Apr 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cheltenham Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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