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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482 approved · 137 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ER
Received 28 May 2024Lisle House Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 May 202460 Severn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5PX
Received 28 May 20245 Moorend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EQ
Received 28 May 202415 Haslette Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RQ
Received 28 May 20245 Buckles Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QT
Received 28 May 20244 Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BJ
Received 28 May 2024Midcounties Co-operative Travel 204 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HD
Received 28 May 2024Builders Yard Granley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 May 20241 Jubilee Court Commercial Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AJ
Received 29 May 202423B Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DT
Received 29 May 202414 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 29 May 202414 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 29 May 202449 Hanover Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HE
Received 29 May 2024Lisle House Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 May 20247 Morningside Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BY
Received 30 May 2024Gloucestershire Pharmacy 305 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HW
Received 30 May 20246 Stockton Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9HZ
Received 30 May 2024Sandford Park College Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 May 20246 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TG
Received 30 May 20244 Old School House Devonshire Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3LS
Received 31 May 2024143 - 145 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DQ
Received 31 May 2024Eslington House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 31 May 2024Eslington House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 31 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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