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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.
490 approved · 142 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Old Farm Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3ED
Received 13 Aug 202412 Harrington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6ER
Received 13 Aug 2024Chapel Spa North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 13 Aug 2024Abbotsford 24 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QD
Received 13 Aug 2024Ostlers Cottage 22A Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QD
Received 13 Aug 2024Regent House 65 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 13 Aug 2024170 - 172 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AA
Received 13 Aug 2024The Brook House 1A Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6BQ
Received 13 Aug 20249 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SU
Received 13 Aug 202496 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QZ
Received 14 Aug 2024Glencree 80 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QW
Received 14 Aug 20242 Keynsham Bank Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6ER
Received 14 Aug 20241 Swanscombe Place Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3YE
Received 14 Aug 202412 York Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2JT
Received 14 Aug 2024360 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AF
Received 14 Aug 2024American Golf 107B Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9DW
Received 15 Aug 2024187 Alstone Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JA
Received 15 Aug 2024Woodbines Cottage Sunnyfield Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JB
Received 15 Aug 202449 Shakespeare Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HJ
Received 15 Aug 202441 Carmarthen Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JZ
Received 15 Aug 202410 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 15 Aug 202435 Moorend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EH
Received 15 Aug 2024Unit 1 Keynsham Works Keynsham Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EJ
Received 15 Aug 2024Well Close House Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 15 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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