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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493 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Montpellier House Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Oct 20249 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LR
Received 17 Oct 202442 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 17 Oct 20249 Priory Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DS
Received 17 Oct 2024Lilleybrook Golf Club 313 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EG
Received 17 Oct 202437A Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BD
Received 17 Oct 20244 Elmfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JL
Received 18 Oct 202435 Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AW
Received 18 Oct 20247B Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BB
Received 18 Oct 20247B Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BB
Received 18 Oct 202420 Humber Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5PE
Received 21 Oct 2024165 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DW
Received 21 Oct 2024337 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LB
Received 21 Oct 2024Regency Hall Fishers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Oct 2024194 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HJ
Received 21 Oct 2024Waitrose Food And Home Store Honeybourne Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3QW
Received 22 Oct 2024South Lodge Sunnyfield Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JE
Received 22 Oct 202431 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NG
Received 23 Oct 202431 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NG
Received 23 Oct 20242 Holmer Crescent Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LR
Received 23 Oct 202427 Pilley Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9ES
Received 23 Oct 2024129 - 133 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Oct 2024129 - 133 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Oct 202419 New Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3LN
Received 23 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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