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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.
492 approved · 144 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Kensington Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NQ
Received 27 Aug 2024Foster Court Mendip Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DR
Received 27 Aug 2024Detmore House London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UT
Received 28 Aug 2024190 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AE
Received 28 Aug 202459 Surrey Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DF
Received 28 Aug 202446 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BG
Received 28 Aug 2024Phase 2 Land At Old Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Aug 2024Ostlers Cottage 22A Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QD
Received 28 Aug 20247 Langdon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NZ
Received 28 Aug 2024Stone Gables The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DN
Received 28 Aug 202415 Cobblestone Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8PW
Received 28 Aug 2024St Margarets Hall Coniston Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NU
Received 29 Aug 2024Flat 4 The Hayes Southam Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3NQ
Received 29 Aug 2024Flat 4 The Hayes Southam Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3NQ
Received 29 Aug 202435 Radnor Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JN
Received 29 Aug 202455 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 29 Aug 2024The Paddocks Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Aug 2024Roscalen 19 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PU
Received 29 Aug 2024Street Record Footway Around And Across Grassed Area Serving 46 To 90 Evens Broad Oak Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Aug 2024Reiverslaw 169 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DW
Received 30 Aug 202431 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PP
Received 30 Aug 2024Malden Court Cottage Central Cross Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DX
Received 30 Aug 2024Spring Cottage Spring Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BW
Received 30 Aug 202455 Haywards Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RQ
Received 30 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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