Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
495 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Swan 35 - 37 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DX
Received 5 Nov 202420 Hatherley Court Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AG
Received 5 Nov 2024Land East Of Leckhampton Reservoir Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Nov 202448 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AS
Received 6 Nov 2024Pittville School Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JD
Received 6 Nov 20248 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QB
Received 6 Nov 2024Ravenswood Stanley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PB
Received 6 Nov 2024Karinya Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PF
Received 6 Nov 20246 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 7 Nov 20246 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 7 Nov 2024Clent Court Cranham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Nov 202423 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SQ
Received 13 Nov 2024328 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DD
Received 7 Nov 202431 Glynrosa Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QS
Received 7 Nov 20249 Welch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0EA
Received 7 Nov 2024173 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EP
Received 7 Nov 2024Elms Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Nov 202433 Mandarin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RR
Received 7 Nov 202427 Mead Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DY
Received 7 Nov 202449 Moorend Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EJ
Received 8 Nov 20241 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 8 Nov 20242 Lyefield Road West Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HA
Received 8 Nov 20242 Lyefield Road West Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HA
Received 8 Nov 2024151 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DU
Received 8 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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