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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492 approved · 144 refused · 200 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 17 Sept 202479 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 17 Sept 20249 Roman Hackle Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RF
Received 17 Sept 202449 Colesbourne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DJ
Received 17 Sept 2024Flat 1 Crofton Lodge 3 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ET
Received 17 Sept 2024Jo Malone 76 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 17 Sept 2024Hunting Butts Farm Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NZ
Received 18 Sept 2024101 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ED
Received 18 Sept 202454 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 18 Sept 2024Southbrook 51 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 18 Sept 20245 Ashley Lodge Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JG
Received 19 Sept 202410 - 14 Sandford Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 19 Sept 202491 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 19 Sept 202414 Tommy Taylors Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NR
Received 19 Sept 202448 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BE
Received 20 Sept 2024Former Adey Ltd Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NR
Received 20 Sept 2024Cheltenham Dental Spa And Implant Clinic Ground Floor 1 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Received 20 Sept 2024Cheltenham Dental Spa And Implant Clinic Ground Floor 1 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Received 20 Sept 2024Juniper House Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JW
Received 20 Sept 20245 Naunton Park Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DL
Received 20 Sept 202412 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AN
Received 20 Sept 2024Unit 6A Colletts Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JQ
Received 20 Sept 202480 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 20 Sept 202480 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 20 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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