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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502 approved · 147 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Arthur Bliss Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LN
Received 10 Jan 2025130 Brooklyn Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LW
Received 10 Jan 20258 Cleevemount Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HP
Received 13 Jan 202533 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SL
Received 13 Jan 2025The Hayloft The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RL
Received 13 Jan 2025Hammond Court College Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jan 20258 Castlefields Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YW
Received 13 Jan 2025Public Conveniences Ambrose Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jan 2025Richmond House Halland Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DJ
Received 13 Jan 202567 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 13 Jan 2025Prinbox Works Lypiatt Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jan 202531 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 14 Jan 202518 Roosevelt Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JL
Received 14 Jan 202554A School Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BE
Received 14 Jan 2025Park House 39 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jan 2025Century Court Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jan 202511 Hatherley Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DT
Received 14 Jan 20252 Leckhampton Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AP
Received 14 Jan 20253 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BT
Received 14 Jan 202550 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EE
Received 14 Jan 2025Richmond Village Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 15 Jan 202513 Pates Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8EQ
Received 15 Jan 202529 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 15 Jan 20259 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ET
Received 15 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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