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.
490 approved · 142 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
2 Charlton Court Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JB
Received 5 Aug 2024Nazareth House London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YJ
Received 5 Aug 20242 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 5 Aug 20242 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 5 Aug 202412 Southfield Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LJ
Received 5 Aug 202414 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 5 Aug 2024Land Adj To Gray House Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Aug 2024Land Adj To Gray House Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Aug 2024156 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TT
Received 5 Aug 20241 Howell Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0EE
Received 5 Aug 202417 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HJ
Received 5 Aug 202415 Haslette Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RQ
Received 5 Aug 20243 Albany Mews Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AP
Received 5 Aug 2024Oakdene Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Aug 2024Land Rear Of 2 Brooksdale Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 2024Fiddlers Green Lodge Pheasant Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0XX
Received 6 Aug 20248A Finchcroft Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BG
Received 6 Aug 20245 Withyholt Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BP
Received 6 Aug 202414 Asquith Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EL
Received 6 Aug 20248A Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DP
Received 6 Aug 2024Springfield Talbot Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 20243 St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PR
Received 6 Aug 202421 Jersey Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SZ
Received 6 Aug 20246 Slad Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5FA
Received 7 Aug 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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