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.
498 approved · 145 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19A Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LR
Received 29 Nov 202417 Radnor Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JN
Received 29 Nov 202411 Highwood Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JJ
Received 2 Dec 202415 Sheepscombe Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6BE
Received 2 Dec 202466 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7BY
Received 2 Dec 202451 Beaumont Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LP
Received 2 Dec 2024Wellesley House 7 Clarence Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Dec 20244 Gravel Pitt Cottages London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YS
Received 2 Dec 2024Brightlands Day Nursery 107 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ED
Received 2 Dec 2024The Summer House 1 Sandy Lane Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DA
Received 2 Dec 20242 Walnut Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AG
Received 2 Dec 202426 Meadow Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0TZ
Received 2 Dec 202476 Pilley Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9ET
Received 3 Dec 2024Horse And Groom 30 St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
Received 3 Dec 2024The Old Priory Club 70 Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Dec 202424 Buckingham Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DB
Received 3 Dec 202410 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AA
Received 4 Dec 202410 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AA
Received 4 Dec 202491 - 97 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Dec 202432 Whaddon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NA
Received 4 Dec 2024Freedom House 2 Rutherford Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TU
Received 4 Dec 202468 Marle Hill Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LH
Received 4 Dec 2024Langton Lodge 2 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HT
Received 4 Dec 20245 Gallops Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5SD
Received 4 Dec 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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