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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.
480 approved · 136 refused · 196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
196 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AQ
Received 29 Apr 202445 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HL
Received 29 Apr 2024113 - 115 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LS
Received 29 Apr 2024Stanmer House Cottage Southwood Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QH
Received 29 Apr 20242 Charlton Court Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JB
Received 29 Apr 20242 Charlton Court Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JB
Received 29 Apr 2024170 - 172 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AA
Received 29 Apr 202481 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 29 Apr 2024Honeybourne Place Jessop Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3SH
Received 29 Apr 2024102 - 104 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 29 Apr 2024Cleevemont Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Apr 20241 Parabola Mews Bayshill Lane Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AX
Received 30 Apr 20245 Merriville Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JD
Received 30 Apr 2024Berkhampstead School Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QA
Received 30 Apr 2024Land At North Road West And Grovefield Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Apr 202499 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 30 Apr 202499 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 30 Apr 202436 Barbridge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0BX
Received 30 Apr 20244 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SG
Received 30 Apr 202433 Norwich Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HD
Received 30 Apr 20245 Chalford Avenue The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6UF
Received 30 Apr 20242 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ES
Received 30 Apr 2024Elmfield 65 New Barn Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LB
Received 1 May 202482 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EH
Received 1 May 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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