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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.
494 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SG
Received 28 Oct 202417 Portland Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NZ
Received 28 Oct 202445 Rosebay Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0WP
Received 28 Oct 202454 All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HA
Received 28 Oct 20243 Chancel Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RR
Received 28 Oct 2024Flat 1 59 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LX
Received 28 Oct 202419 Whitecross Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AY
Received 28 Oct 20248 Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QZ
Received 28 Oct 2024Calder Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 28 Oct 2024Horse And Groom 30 St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
Received 28 Oct 20246 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 28 Oct 20244 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SG
Received 29 Oct 202454 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0RA
Received 29 Oct 20247 The Firs Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RU
Received 29 Oct 2024Sandford Lido Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PU
Received 29 Oct 2024110 Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ER
Received 29 Oct 2024St Austins House Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AJ
Received 29 Oct 20247 Mead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DX
Received 29 Oct 20244 Grace Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QE
Received 29 Oct 202425 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HJ
Received 29 Oct 202424 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AH
Received 29 Oct 20241 Croft Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LF
Received 29 Oct 202416A Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JJ
Received 30 Oct 20244 Clare Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NH
Received 30 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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