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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492 approved · 144 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St James Walk Honeybourne Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3UB
Received 20 Sept 202419 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LN
Received 20 Sept 202419 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LN
Received 20 Sept 202474 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EU
Received 20 Sept 202420 Glencairn Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ND
Received 23 Sept 202416 St Annes Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AL
Received 23 Sept 2024West Court West Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LB
Received 24 Sept 202422 Mead Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DT
Received 25 Sept 2024Orchard Park Hayden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SN
Received 25 Sept 202417 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EZ
Received 25 Sept 20241 Albany Mews Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AP
Received 25 Sept 2024Beaconsfield Court Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 202411 Glynrosa Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QR
Received 25 Sept 2024Thornton 16 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 25 Sept 20246 Kingsmead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AN
Received 25 Sept 202431 Mandarin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RR
Received 25 Sept 2024Land Adjoining 39 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Sept 2024St Edwards School Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EY
Received 26 Sept 202479 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 26 Sept 202479 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 26 Sept 2024Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Sept 2024Cromwell Court Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PW
Received 26 Sept 202438 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AH
Received 26 Sept 2024Little Oakley 57 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SA
Received 26 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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