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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492 approved · 144 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Albany House Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Sept 202444 Alstone Croft Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HA
Received 6 Sept 2024Bell Inn 70 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 9 Sept 2024Bell Inn 70 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 9 Sept 20241 St Lawrence Court Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9FP
Received 9 Sept 2024174 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NF
Received 9 Sept 202422 Whittington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6BS
Received 9 Sept 2024Lovat House Dental 32 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 9 Sept 202411 Okus Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DU
Received 9 Sept 20246 Hazebrouck Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3QA
Received 9 Sept 20241 Montpellier Retreat Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XG
Received 9 Sept 2024Blackbirds Rest 24F Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HD
Received 9 Sept 202470 Robert Burns Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6NY
Received 10 Sept 2024114 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EA
Received 10 Sept 202429 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QZ
Received 10 Sept 20245 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JY
Received 10 Sept 2024170 - 172 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AA
Received 10 Sept 2024Wallace House Windermere Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Sept 202449 Golden Miller Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RD
Received 11 Sept 2024Redington 7 Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PF
Received 11 Sept 2024Redington 7 Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PF
Received 11 Sept 202459 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7EY
Received 11 Sept 2024Bournside School Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EF
Received 12 Sept 2024Douglas Equipment Village Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AB
Received 12 Sept 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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