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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 dates4,780Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
78%Approval rate · 626 approved or refused records
139Refused applications
487 approved · 139 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 published24/01151/FUL
Erection of garden office outbuilding
185 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NJ
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01152/CACN
Norway Spruce situated on West boundary of 13 Halland Road with 20 Moorend Road. Pruning back to the main trunk, crown lift by 2m on Halland Road side
20 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EU
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01154/FUL
Change the front large feature window into level access French doors and window to the side (in the same window aperture).
5 Bridgend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PB
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01155/CACN
T3 Bay (rear garden) Trim by 0.5m, T2 Holly (rear garden) Trim by 0.5m.
12 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01156/CACN
T5 Apple trees re-pollard to previous points by 1-2, to contain, T6 Box - 2 X seeded trees(rear boundary-has box caterpillar) remove.
47 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LX
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01158/LBC
Installation of internal partitioning walls around W/Cs at first and second floor
8 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QB
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01159/DISCON
Discharge of condition 17 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 23/00687/FUL.
Cromwell Court Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PW
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01161/CACN
T1- Copper Beech reduce height by 2.5-3m and shape sides accordingly.
33A Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TD
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01162/CACN
T1: Bay: reduce height by 2m and sides by 1m.
49 Upper Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DU
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01163/FUL
Hip to gable conversion and rear dormer together with front skylights to facilitate loft conversion.
20 Naunton Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BQ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01164/TPO
Lime trees. Crown reduce trees west of the gate in height by approximately 3 - 4m depending on growth points to try and match the height of the trees to the east of the gate. Reduce the roadside and house side laterals by approximately 4 - 5m. Crown lift trees to the east of the gate by 3m and over-extended laterals to be reduced by 2.5m back into the crown.
Quaker House 54 - 58 Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01165/CLPUD
Dropped kerb and driveway.
16 Pembridge Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6XY
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01166/FUL
First floor side/rear infill extension and associated internal and external alterations.
103 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DR
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01167/FUL
Erection of gazebo in rear garden
36 Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9QS
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01168/TPO
Silver birch: fell
Communal Garden Old Farm Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01169/TPO
T8523 Ash Fell to ground level including removal of all debris off site to tip T8524 Ash Fell to ground level including removal of all debris off site to tip T8530 Ash Fell to ground level including removal of all debris off site to tip T8635 Ash Create habitat pole at 6mtr from ground level T8677 Ash Fell to ground level including removal of all debris off site to tip T14737 Ash Pollard to suitable points 10m above ground level G2659 Cherry, Laurel Cut back branches - to give between 1m and 2mtr clearance from obstruction
Bucklehaven Stockton Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01170/FUL
Single storey rear roof alteration.
Hyde Cottage Hyde Lane Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4SL
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01175/LBC
New external sign (retrospective).
Cheltenham Dental Spa And Implant Clinic Ground Floor 1 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01172/FUL
Single storey rear extension and internal alterations
31 Sandford Mill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QH
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01173/CACN
Ash - prune to previous ponits.
89 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7EY
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01174/FUL
Two and single storey rear extensions and associated internal alterations.
2 Clare Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NN
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01175/ADV
New external sign (retrospective).
Cheltenham Dental Spa And Implant Clinic Ground Floor 1 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01176/CACN
T1 Sycamore-Complete removal by sectional dismantling to ground level. T2 Cappadocian maple -Complete removal by sectional dismantling to ground level. T3 Cappadocian maple -Remove all branches back to historic pollard heads to allow light penetration onto neighbouring property. T4 Lawson Cypress x 2 -Complete removal by sectional dismantling to ground level to allow for light penetration onto garden and house.T6 Purple Plum -Height reduction of 1.5m and spread by 0.5m, cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth. Shape and balance.
8 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DZ
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Not published24/01177/CACN
T2 Yew. Prune chruch side to boundary. Trim. Formative prune globular apical growth to topiarise into peacock. T3 Pleached row of limes and hornbeams. Prune height to lowest point to form a level. Prune back to old pruning cuts, about 1m, front face to road, garden side square face side and keep privacy.
42 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AD
Received 11 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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