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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.
493 approved · 144 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
14 Naunton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DQ
Received 4 Oct 2024Wyndways 104 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EA
Received 4 Oct 202415 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0ER
Received 4 Oct 202450 Hanover Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HQ
Received 4 Oct 2024Burrows Field Moorend Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Oct 2024Willoughby 1 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DR
Received 4 Oct 2024Centrum Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Oct 2024Land To Rear Of Nuffield Hospital Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Oct 20249 Pumphreys Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DD
Received 7 Oct 202412 Evelyn Court Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JR
Received 7 Oct 20244 Colne Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5PS
Received 7 Oct 202468 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DH
Received 7 Oct 202415 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BT
Received 7 Oct 202431 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Oct 202410 Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DP
Received 7 Oct 2024Hadley House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AW
Received 8 Oct 2024The Flat 5 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AB
Received 8 Oct 2024The Flat 5 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AB
Received 8 Oct 202445 Harvest Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3PG
Received 8 Oct 2024Cheltenham College Sports Complex Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AH
Received 8 Oct 20241 Orchard Cottages Ham Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NQ
Received 8 Oct 2024Pine Lodge Gardens 4A Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JX
Received 9 Oct 202438 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BY
Received 9 Oct 20246 Undercliff Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AB
Received 9 Oct 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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