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Cheltenham Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cheltenham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,775Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
78%Approval rate · 625 approved or refused records
139Refused applications
486 approved · 139 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning applicationsContact planning Street naming and numberingLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Get advice on your application Apply for pre-application advice, includes charges, timescales and what kind of advice we provideConservation areas Historic buildings and conservation
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas7 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Not published24/01125/FUL
Installation of a Homeless Pod (Pod 2).
340 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JF
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01126/FUL
First floor rear/side extension
7 Edward Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DA
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01127/CLPUD
Proposed rear and side single storey extensions.
9 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SU
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01128/FUL
Erection of an annexe for use in association with 38 Greenway Lane.
38 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01129/FUL
Reduce part of existing garage and provide new vehicular access to garage from rear of Montpellier Terrace
67 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01129/LBC
Reduce part of existing garage and provide new vehicular access to garage from rear of Montpellier Terrace.
67 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01132/DISCON
Discharge of condition 5. (construction method statement) on granted permission 23/00370/CONDIT.
Waterside Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BJ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01133/FUL
Construction of new outbuilding to create garage, gym and boot room.
Newburn Well Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PJ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01133/LBC
Construction of new outbuilding to create garage, gym and boot room.
Newburn Well Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PJ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01135/FUL
New paint to the front facade, railing around light well, replace all roof tiles and roof light, internal alterations.
114 Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ER
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01135/LBC
New paint to the front facade, railing around light well, replace all roof tiles and roof light, internal alterations
114 Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ER
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01137/CACN
T1. Cotoneaster. Remove
Greenlands West Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LB
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01138/CACN
To crown lift the X2 yew trees over parking spaces 31, 32, 33, 34 to approximately 3/4 meters and reduce the lateral overhand on the canopy by maximum 1m cutting to strong subordinate growth, as agreed at site meeting.
Cedar Court Humphris Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01139/CACN
T1 Western Red Cedar x 2-Height reduction of 3 m and spread by 1.5 m cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth. Shape and balance. Retaining low growth for screening. Spread to come back to within the curtilage of the property. T1 Western Red Cedar x 2-Removal of all regrowth, back to previous reduction points.
Beaufort House West Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AD
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01140/CACN
Juniper (Juniperus)-Removal by sectional dismantling to ground level. Stump removal by mechanical stump grinding machine to a depth below ground level of 300mm.
St Marys Church Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01141/CACN
T2 Holm Oak (Quercus Ilex)- Complete removal by sectional dismantling to ground level. (Holly is too small to be protected by Conservation Area. Hornbeam is not protected by TPO).
Thirlestaine Hall Thirlestaine Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01142/FUL
Retrospective permission for 6no. electric car charging points.
Redesdale 85 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01143/AMEND
Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/01222/FUL, seeking to replace the external cladding material for the first-floor extension from the previously consented Anthracite black finished cladding to a Pigmento Red copper effect cladding, adjust the ground floor rear elevation configuration of the consented extension, to remove the glazed corner window and replace it with a reclaimed red-brick column.
Sunnycroft St Annes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SS
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01144/DISCON
Discharge of condition 4 (doors and windows) of Listed Building Consent 23/01846/LBC.
7 Sydenham Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EG
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01146/FUL
Remove existing window and replace with a door to front elevation
Garden Flat 58 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AQ
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01147/CACN
Beech: trim a leaning branch of the tree between hotel and road to a min hight of 3 meters for the new cycle way, pruning subordinate growth only as per submitted photo.
38 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01148/PRIOR
Installation of roof mounted solar PV panels.
Big Yellow Self Storage Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7PA
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01149/CACN
T1 Eucalyptus Remove and grind stump
46 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01150/FUL
Sub-division of the plot, new access, conversion of an existing coach house and associated internal and external alterations to form a separate two bedroom dwelling.
St Edmunds Sandy Lane Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DA
Received 8 Jul 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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