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496 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 College Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AE
Received 26 Nov 202419 Muscroft Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DG
Received 26 Nov 2024Ground And First Floors Left 22 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JJ
Received 26 Nov 2024Land To The Right Of Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Nov 2024Wellesley House Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JZ
Received 26 Nov 202410 Leckhampton Views Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AR
Received 27 Nov 2024Glenfall House Mill Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EP
Received 27 Nov 2024127 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DH
Received 27 Nov 20244 Hillary Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LD
Received 27 Nov 202439 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SU
Received 27 Nov 202435 Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AW
Received 28 Nov 202415 Pembridge Court The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SG
Received 28 Nov 202419 Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LG
Received 28 Nov 202416 Ennerdale Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NL
Received 28 Nov 2024Wellesley House Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JZ
Received 28 Nov 202442 Whaddon Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NW
Received 28 Nov 202424 Buckingham Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DB
Received 28 Nov 2024Burrows Field Moorend Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Nov 202430 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 28 Nov 202436 Grosvenor Place South Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2RX
Received 28 Nov 202471 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 28 Nov 2024324 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AL
Received 29 Nov 2024The Old Station House Cotswold Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HD
Received 29 Nov 2024Lefroy Court Talbot Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QA
Received 29 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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