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.
496 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Acre Spring Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BW
Received 21 Nov 202422 Lansdown Terrace Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Nov 2024Stanmer House Cottage Southwood Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QH
Received 21 Nov 2024Stanmer House Cottage Southwood Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QH
Received 21 Nov 2024Court House Newcourt Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DL
Received 21 Nov 202442 Princes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UH
Received 21 Nov 202423 St Michaels Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RP
Received 21 Nov 202412 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Received 22 Nov 202411 The Oaks Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3TS
Received 22 Nov 202466 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DQ
Received 22 Nov 2024109 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DB
Received 25 Nov 202426 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LT
Received 25 Nov 20246 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AF
Received 25 Nov 202445 Pittville Crescent Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2RA
Received 25 Nov 2024Ski Tyres 73 New Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ND
Received 25 Nov 2024Hill House 46 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DQ
Received 25 Nov 202415 Princes Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BE
Received 25 Nov 2024The Pavilions Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Nov 202430 Cleevemount Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HG
Received 25 Nov 202478 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EU
Received 25 Nov 202441 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 26 Nov 2024High Beeches Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BB
Received 26 Nov 202447 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Nov 202416 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 26 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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