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.
480 approved · 137 refused · 196 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
7 Greenhills Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9ED
Received 8 May 2024Home Farm Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 8 May 2024Godfirst Church Cheltenham The Chapel Knapp Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3QQ
Received 8 May 2024Shoezone 218 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HF
Received 9 May 2024H&M MSU 2 Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JZ
Received 9 May 2024H&M MSU 2 Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JZ
Received 9 May 2024Holmdale Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 9 May 202410 Shrublands Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0ND
Received 9 May 2024The Old Coach House Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JX
Received 9 May 2024Warners Of Cheltenham Blaisdon Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0WH
Received 9 May 2024Sandford Park House 39 - 41 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 May 2024Bupa Dental Care 31 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BD
Received 10 May 202411 Somme Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5LJ
Received 10 May 202428 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 10 May 202428 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 10 May 20241 Waterloo Place Wellington Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XY
Received 10 May 202444 Naunton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BH
Received 13 May 2024The Car Wash Centre Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 13 May 2024The Tivoli 36 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TJ
Received 13 May 202411 Welwyn Mews Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3YB
Received 13 May 202410 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SS
Received 13 May 2024Edmonstone House North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 May 2024Edmonstone House North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 May 20246 Lyefield Road West Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HA
Received 13 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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