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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.
477 approved · 136 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Haslette Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RQ
Received 5 Apr 20246 Orchard Park Hayden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SN
Received 5 Apr 202486 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EG
Received 8 Apr 2024Imperial Garden Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Apr 202418 Cobblestone Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8PW
Received 8 Apr 20245 Bala Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EX
Received 8 Apr 2024Parish Church Of St Paul St Pauls Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4EZ
Received 8 Apr 202426 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 8 Apr 202417 Bisley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AB
Received 9 Apr 2024Flat 1 2 Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UL
Received 9 Apr 2024Cheltenham Campus Gloucestershire College Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7SJ
Received 9 Apr 202417 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 9 Apr 2024Heather Brae Ryeworth Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LU
Received 9 Apr 202471 Mandarin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RS
Received 10 Apr 2024Church Cottage Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BQ
Received 10 Apr 2024Roston 6 Albany Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UL
Received 10 Apr 202454 Shakespeare Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HH
Received 10 Apr 202413 Alstone Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8EH
Received 10 Apr 202417 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AG
Received 10 Apr 20241 Hillands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EU
Received 10 Apr 20244 Lansdown Lodge Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QJ
Received 10 Apr 2024Dean Close School Shelburne Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE
Received 11 Apr 2024Homeside 111 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NY
Received 11 Apr 20245 Moorend Glade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AT
Received 11 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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