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.
483 approved · 137 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
146 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TT
Received 31 May 202423 - 25 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 31 May 202414 Frank Brookes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UW
Received 31 May 202492 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NS
Received 31 May 2024124 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BY
Received 31 May 2024Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2024102 - 104 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Jun 2024102 - 104 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Jun 2024Montpellier House Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2024Montpellier House Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2024Whitehorn 20 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 3 Jun 2024The Coach House 7 Pittville Mews Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BA
Received 3 Jun 202498 Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NR
Received 3 Jun 202423 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JN
Received 3 Jun 2024South Lawn 6 Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JX
Received 3 Jun 20249 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EP
Received 3 Jun 202429 Beaufort Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JS
Received 3 Jun 202424 New Barn Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LJ
Received 3 Jun 2024Dewerstone House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AD
Received 4 Jun 2024340 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JF
Received 4 Jun 20244 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BZ
Received 4 Jun 202478 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AR
Received 4 Jun 202410 Walnut Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AG
Received 4 Jun 20246 Polefield Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DY
Received 4 Jun 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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