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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.
502 approved · 147 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
B&Q Unit 3 Golden Valley Retail Park Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TA
Received 7 Jan 202543 Church Road St Marks Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AL
Received 7 Jan 20256 Finchcroft Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BG
Received 7 Jan 2025Brookside Gadshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EF
Received 7 Jan 2025Cleeve House Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 7 Jan 202516 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7BY
Received 7 Jan 20251 The Grange Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AE
Received 7 Jan 20251 The Grange Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AE
Received 7 Jan 2025South Court 45 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 7 Jan 20252 Cleevelands Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PZ
Received 8 Jan 202561 Bournside Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AL
Received 8 Jan 2025Park View 15 Westbourne Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QG
Received 8 Jan 2025Rowanfield 17 Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JS
Received 9 Jan 2025Tivoli Glass 35 Lypiatt Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UD
Received 8 Jan 2025Morton House 9 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 8 Jan 2025Morton House 9 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 8 Jan 202549 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 9 Jan 2025Redstart House Battledown Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RE
Received 9 Jan 2025Former Post Office Vehicle Depot Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jan 2025Spring Bridge London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jan 2025Home Farm Quat Goose Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RP
Received 10 Jan 202598A Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LT
Received 10 Jan 202521 Canterbury Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HQ
Received 10 Jan 202526 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 10 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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