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495 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 12 Nov 202415 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AE
Received 12 Nov 202423 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SQ
Received 12 Nov 202440 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 12 Nov 2024The Rowans 66 Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JE
Received 12 Nov 2024Centrum Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Nov 2024Brecon House Charlton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NE
Received 13 Nov 20245 Merriville Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JD
Received 13 Nov 202497 Ashlands Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0DJ
Received 13 Nov 2024Flat B 25 Clarence Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PA
Received 13 Nov 2024Maitland House 118 - 120 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EQ
Received 13 Nov 2024Hatherley Brook Green Space Edendale Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Nov 202417 Kingfisher Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0WN
Received 13 Nov 202441 Upper Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EA
Received 13 Nov 202412 Liddington Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AH
Received 14 Nov 20249 Castlefields Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YR
Received 14 Nov 2024Vittoria House 12 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 14 Nov 2024Glenowen House Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Nov 2024Vittoria House 12 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 14 Nov 202476 Pennine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HE
Received 14 Nov 2024Cleeve Corner 25 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 14 Nov 2024Winchester House Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Nov 2024Land East Of Leckhampton Reservoir Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Nov 2024Car Park Imperial Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PT
Received 14 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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