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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.
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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478 approved · 136 refused · 195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QZ
Received 16 Apr 2024Capel Court The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EL
Received 16 Apr 202430 St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
Received 17 Apr 202428A Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JY
Received 17 Apr 2024Oriel Lodge Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XN
Received 17 Apr 2024Oriel Lodge Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XN
Received 17 Apr 2024Thornton Mews St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2024Thornton Mews St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2024Thornton Mews St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 202436 Netherwood Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LG
Received 17 Apr 202479 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 17 Apr 2024Cheltenham Town Hall Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QA
Received 17 Apr 2024Cedar House High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2024Lightmoor House 4 Pilford Court Pilford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BB
Received 17 Apr 202434 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 18 Apr 202434 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 18 Apr 2024The Airs And Graces 25 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PN
Received 18 Apr 2024Victoria Cricket Ground Princes Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Apr 202419 Oldfield Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7BB
Received 18 Apr 2024Segrave 7 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QS
Received 18 Apr 2024Domus 70A Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AW
Received 19 Apr 2024Avenue Lodge Chargrove Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LD
Received 19 Apr 20241 Hewlett Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DQ
Received 22 Apr 2024The Rowans 66 Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JE
Received 22 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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