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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490 approved · 144 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Merryleas 19 Merriville Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JG
Received 16 Aug 202495 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QZ
Received 16 Aug 2024Cheltenham Ladies College Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3EP
Received 16 Aug 20244 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SG
Received 16 Aug 20241 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NG
Received 16 Aug 2024The Coach House 7 Pittville Mews Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BA
Received 16 Aug 2024Battledown Court Oakley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NZ
Received 16 Aug 202429 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 16 Aug 202454 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0RA
Received 19 Aug 2024Bibury House Priory Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HG
Received 19 Aug 20242A Ormond Terrace Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HR
Received 19 Aug 20242A Ormond Terrace Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HR
Received 19 Aug 202429 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 19 Aug 202429 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 19 Aug 202411 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 19 Aug 2024107 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 20 Aug 2024Ashford Court 4 Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 20 Aug 2024204 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EQ
Received 20 Aug 2024McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 21 Aug 20249 Westminster Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QP
Received 21 Aug 2024Morningside Courtyard Idsall Drive Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Aug 2024Flat 1 21 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BE
Received 21 Aug 2024Montpellier Apartments Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UL
Received 21 Aug 2024Cambray Mews Wellington Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 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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