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Cheltenham Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cheltenham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates4,884Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
77%Approval rate · 638 approved or refused records
145Refused applications
493 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning applicationsContact planning Street naming and numberingLocal plan Planning and buildingPre-application advice Get advice on your application Apply for pre-application advice, includes charges, timescales and what kind of advice we provideConservation areas Historic buildings and conservation
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas7 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas1 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Not published24/01765/FUL
Second storey extension and garden office. (re-submission of application ref. 21/02443/FUL).
54 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HD
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01766/ADV
Illuminated and non illuminated fascia signs, including illuminated totem.
Unit D Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01767/CACN
T1 Eucalyptus: reduce by 4-5m and shape.
39 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HE
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01768/CACN
T1: Bay: Remove.
32 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DL
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01769/DISCON
Discharge of condition 3 (construction management plan), 4 (design details) and 5 (facing materials) of planning permission 24/00462/FUL.
23 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SF
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01770/FUL
Single storey rear extension
Hilcot Finchcroft Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BD
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01771/DISCON
Discharge of condition 9 (acoustic report) of granted permssion 14/00788/CONDIT.
Former Haines And Strange Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01772/FUL
Construction of a Summer house, installation of new resin paths, new external lighting and conversion of an existing store into a accessible WC.
The Plough Inn Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01772/LBC
Construction of a Summer house, installation of new resin paths, new external lighting and conversion of an existing store into a accessible WC.
The Plough Inn Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01774/CONDIT
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission ref. 24/00787/FUL to allow for the introduction of a basement plant room
Dunkeld Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NU
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01775/FUL
Part single storey, part two storey extension to dwellinghouse, provision of replacement outbuilding, replacement enclosures.
1 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JF
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01776/FUL
Proposed front and rear extension.
1 Godfrey Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EJ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01777/LBC
Replacement of 3 Sash windows.
85 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01779/ADV
Consent to display 4no. flags in order to advertise the residential development approved under application 20/00759/FUL, (retrospective).
8 Stoke Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01780/DISCON
Discharge of condition 3 (A - G) (design details) of planning permission 23/00966/LBC.
141 Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2EX
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01781/CACN
Removal of laburnum tree on east side of front drive.
Carlton House Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01782/FUL
Installation of dropped kerb.
14 Orchard Park Hayden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SN
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01783/TPO
T1 English oak. Height reduction of 4.5m and spread by 3m, cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth. Shape and balance.
1 Oakhurst Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JU
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01784/CACN
T1-Hornbeam-Crown lift to 3m for clearance and reduce remaining tree by approximately 2.5m.
Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NR
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01785/CACN
T1: Sycamore: reduce by height by 2m, radial spread by 1.5m, cutting to suitable pruning points as per BS3998 (2010).
43 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01786/FUL
Single storey kitchen extension to rear of lower ground floor.
4 Orrisdale Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HZ
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01787/CACN
T1 Scarlet Gum - crown height reduction of 2.5m and spread by 2.25m, cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth.
2 Morningside Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BY
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01788/FUL
Construction of 65-bed student accommodation boarding house with three self-contained staff accommodation units and staff crash-pad, and associated supporting facilities, new and revised access arrangements, sub-station, landscape, biodiversity net gain and associated works.
St Austins House Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AJ
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Not published24/01789/FUL
Loft extension comprising front and rear dormers and raising height of the ridge
5 The Oaks Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3TS
Received 28 Oct 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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