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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.
496 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QB
Received 14 Nov 202434 Bafford Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DL
Received 14 Nov 202416 Keynshambury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HB
Received 15 Nov 20241 Saville Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NE
Received 18 Nov 202481 Moorend Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EW
Received 18 Nov 2024Goldsmiths 78 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 18 Nov 2024Goldsmiths 78 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 18 Nov 2024Southfield Gate 78 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DH
Received 18 Nov 2024Unit 5 Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PZ
Received 18 Nov 20247 Glensanda Court Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UF
Received 18 Nov 202445 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HL
Received 18 Nov 2024Somerset House Knapp Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Nov 2024Ground Floor Flat The Vineyard Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SX
Received 19 Nov 2024Ground Floor Flat The Vineyard Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SX
Received 19 Nov 2024180 Brooklyn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DY
Received 19 Nov 2024Ranworth Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NN
Received 19 Nov 202431 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NG
Received 19 Nov 20248 Hillands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EU
Received 19 Nov 202457 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0ET
Received 19 Nov 2024Langton Lodge 2 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HT
Received 19 Nov 2024Charlton Kings Hotel London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UU
Received 20 Nov 20241 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HP
Received 20 Nov 2024328 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DD
Received 20 Nov 202418 Mornington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BH
Received 20 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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