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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480 approved · 137 refused · 196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Clarendon 9 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SL
Received 3 May 20249 Pumphreys Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DD
Received 3 May 2024Royal Bank Of Scotland 45 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 3 May 2024Royal Bank Of Scotland 45 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 3 May 2024Royal Bank Of Scotland 45 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 3 May 202483 Naunton Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BE
Received 3 May 2024Prestbury Pharmacy 5 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 7 May 2024DoubleTree By Hilton Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EA
Received 7 May 2024DoubleTree By Hilton Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EA
Received 7 May 2024102 - 104 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 7 May 2024Bevington 1 Oakfield Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UJ
Received 7 May 20244 Bramble Rise Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5LR
Received 7 May 20249 Edendale Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0TX
Received 7 May 202423 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EA
Received 7 May 20241 Naunton Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NP
Received 8 May 2024St Gregorys Roman Catholic School St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3QG
Received 8 May 2024Celtstone 4 Courtfield Drive Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6XW
Received 8 May 2024Harry Cook 23 Montpellier Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SD
Received 8 May 2024Dunkeld Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NU
Received 8 May 202471 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PS
Received 8 May 2024320 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YJ
Received 8 May 202436 Netherwood Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LG
Received 8 May 2024359 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AH
Received 8 May 202423 Darwin Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UE
Received 8 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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