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495 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
5 Cobham Court Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9BA
Received 8 Nov 202452 Reddings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6UE
Received 8 Nov 202438 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DY
Received 8 Nov 20244 Pilford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AQ
Received 8 Nov 2024Flat 7 Acton House 13 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DT
Received 8 Nov 2024Flat 7 Acton House 13 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DT
Received 8 Nov 20242 Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UL
Received 8 Nov 2024105 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Nov 2024Tyndale Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JN
Received 8 Nov 20246 Montpellier Villas Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XE
Received 8 Nov 2024Douglas Equipment Village Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AB
Received 11 Nov 20245 Beechwood Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QQ
Received 11 Nov 202445 Pittville Crescent Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2RA
Received 11 Nov 202434 Bafford Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DL
Received 11 Nov 20241 Dumbleton Grove Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TT
Received 11 Nov 2024Montpellier House Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Nov 202423 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BE
Received 11 Nov 2024Ashford House 2 Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Nov 202412 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ES
Received 11 Nov 2024Oriel Lodge Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XN
Received 11 Nov 202455 Brunswick Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DD
Received 11 Nov 2024Land At Withyholt Court Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Nov 20242 Lyefield Road West Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HA
Received 11 Nov 20241 Bayshill Lodge Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SY
Received 12 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage