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.
502 approved · 147 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tyndale Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JN
Received 30 Dec 202438 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DY
Received 30 Dec 202451 Arle Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JY
Received 30 Dec 2024Regent Cottage 20 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 30 Dec 202417 Rivelands Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RF
Received 30 Dec 2024105 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Dec 2024Orchard House Pheasant Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0XX
Received 31 Dec 20246 Pinetrees Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NB
Received 31 Dec 20247A Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 31 Dec 20242 Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UL
Received 31 Dec 2024200 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HJ
Received 31 Dec 202422 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 31 Dec 2024William Burford House 27 Lansdown Place Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LB
Received 2 Jan 202558 Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JY
Received 2 Jan 202521 Naunton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DG
Received 2 Jan 2025May Trees Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LE
Received 3 Jan 2025Sandford Park House 39 - 41 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jan 2025Unit 11 Festival Trade Park Wymans Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9FS
Received 6 Jan 20254 Marlborough Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RY
Received 6 Jan 20257 Old School Court Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BG
Received 6 Jan 20257 Old School Court Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BG
Received 6 Jan 2025First Floor 118 - 120 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jan 2025First Floor 118 - 120 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jan 2025Charlton Kings Cricket Club Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PN
Received 6 Jan 2025Records 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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