Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
478 approved · 136 refused · 194 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Superdrug 95 - 97 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DP
Received 11 Apr 20244 Pittville Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LJ
Received 12 Apr 2024Oakdene Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Apr 202417 Doverhay Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HS
Received 12 Apr 20243 Pittville Crescent Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2RA
Received 12 Apr 2024Abbey Holme Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Apr 2024Land Adjoining 39 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Apr 202449 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 15 Apr 202422 Dinas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EW
Received 15 Apr 202440 Sydenham Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DZ
Received 15 Apr 2024Willoughby 1 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DR
Received 15 Apr 2024Willoughby 1 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DR
Received 15 Apr 2024320 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JT
Received 15 Apr 202412 Wheat Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LA
Received 15 Apr 202482 - 86 Albion Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LP
Received 16 Apr 202439 Broad Acre Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HU
Received 16 Apr 2024Grove House 19 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 16 Apr 2024Grove House 19 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 16 Apr 202499 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NY
Received 16 Apr 202424 Glynrosa Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QS
Received 16 Apr 202413 Priory Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DR
Received 16 Apr 20243 Sandford Mill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QH
Received 16 Apr 2024420 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JA
Received 16 Apr 2024Ground Floor And First Floor Maisonette 367 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 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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