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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.
482 approved · 137 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Western Court Western Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 May 2024Thirlestaine Hall Thirlestaine Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 May 20247A Undercliff Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AA
Received 16 May 20247B Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BB
Received 17 May 20242 Roberts Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DF
Received 17 May 2024194 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HJ
Received 17 May 20246 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 17 May 202464 All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HA
Received 17 May 202428 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 17 May 202428 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 17 May 2024DoubleTree By Hilton Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EA
Received 17 May 202427 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SQ
Received 17 May 202428 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 17 May 2024Seven Arches Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LQ
Received 20 May 20242 Silverthorn Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JF
Received 20 May 202485 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BS
Received 20 May 202434 Marle Hill Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LG
Received 20 May 202423 Southcourt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BU
Received 20 May 202425 Montpellier Villas Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XF
Received 20 May 202412 Cleevemount Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HP
Received 20 May 202468 Caernarvon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JP
Received 20 May 2024Middle Colgate Farm Ham Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EZ
Received 20 May 2024Land West Of 62 Colesbourne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 May 202426 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 21 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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