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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.
486 approved · 139 refused · 197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BG
Received 28 Jun 2024Star Lodge Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jun 2024The Tivoli 36 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TJ
Received 28 Jun 2024Brook House Belworth Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jul 2024Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jul 202415 Princes Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BE
Received 1 Jul 2024Flat 4 Seven Arches Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LQ
Received 1 Jul 2024Thaylin 11 Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PY
Received 1 Jul 20246 Kingsmead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AN
Received 1 Jul 20244 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BZ
Received 1 Jul 20248 Limber Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RJ
Received 1 Jul 202416 St Annes Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AL
Received 2 Jul 202443 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EB
Received 2 Jul 2024The Car Wash Centre Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 3 Jul 2024The Coaches Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QG
Received 3 Jul 2024Cornerstone 73B The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RP
Received 3 Jul 2024Vine Tree Cottage Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 3 Jul 2024Verge Opposite 349 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jul 2024Pegasus Court St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GB
Received 3 Jul 202411 Okus Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DU
Received 3 Jul 2024Kenwood House 153 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UD
Received 3 Jul 202410 Arle Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HR
Received 3 Jul 2024Land Opposite Ham Close And Adjacent To Ham Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Jul 2024Flat 2 2 Tivoli Lawn 8 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TG
Received 4 Jul 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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