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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494 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lansdown Lodge 68 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QL
Received 30 Oct 202421 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DF
Received 30 Oct 2024Jurys Inn Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0TS
Received 30 Oct 2024100 - 102 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW
Received 31 Oct 2024Land Between 43 And 45 Market Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Oct 2024Orchard Priors Battledown Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QZ
Received 31 Oct 2024Dunkeld Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NU
Received 31 Oct 2024Cheltenham Bridge Club 4 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TG
Received 31 Oct 202440A Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JY
Received 31 Oct 20247 Overton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BW
Received 1 Nov 20244 Suffolk Villas Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AX
Received 1 Nov 2024The Gables Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NL
Received 4 Nov 2024The Model Engineers Ground Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Nov 2024Former Nisa 185 - 187 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DE
Received 4 Nov 2024Morningside Lodge Idsall Drive Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AX
Received 4 Nov 202464 Naunton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BH
Received 4 Nov 20248 Rotunda Terrace Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SW
Received 4 Nov 202431 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QE
Received 4 Nov 202414 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 4 Nov 2024The Daffodil 18 - 20 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AE
Received 5 Nov 202468 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LZ
Received 5 Nov 20241 The Grange Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AE
Received 5 Nov 202411 Okus Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DU
Received 5 Nov 2024The Swan 35 - 37 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DX
Received 5 Nov 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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