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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492 approved · 144 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
C S Glass Cheltenham Ltd Mead Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DT
Received 12 Sept 202445 Duke Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BS
Received 12 Sept 20245 Priory Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DS
Received 12 Sept 202430 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QY
Received 12 Sept 202429 Upper Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DT
Received 12 Sept 202428 Leckhampton Views Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AR
Received 12 Sept 20246 Oxford Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DT
Received 12 Sept 202429 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 12 Sept 2024Abbey Hotel 14 - 16 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HN
Received 13 Sept 2024328 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DD
Received 13 Sept 2024Pine Lodge 50 East End Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QL
Received 13 Sept 2024107 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EE
Received 13 Sept 2024Waterford Court Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LA
Received 13 Sept 202499 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NY
Received 13 Sept 2024Former Adey Ltd Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NR
Received 16 Sept 2024100 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JS
Received 16 Sept 2024Atticus House 32 Wellington Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JF
Received 16 Sept 2024Atticus House 32 Wellington Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JF
Received 16 Sept 202416 Naunton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Flat 1 9 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QU
Received 16 Sept 2024High Elm Daisy Bank Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QQ
Received 16 Sept 2024Ravensworth 1 Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 16 Sept 2024Westmoreland House 80 - 86 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 16 Sept 202473 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DD
Received 17 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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