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502 approved · 147 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 16 Jan 20256 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 16 Jan 202535A Sandford Mill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QH
Received 16 Jan 20257 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 16 Jan 20252 Portland Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PB
Received 16 Jan 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 16 Jan 202569 Cromwell Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DN
Received 16 Jan 2025159 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DB
Received 16 Jan 202523 Coburn Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0GE
Received 17 Jan 2025Clarence Lodge Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JN
Received 17 Jan 202531 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 17 Jan 2025The Lodge The Grove Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PN
Received 20 Jan 2025Rosehill Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BD
Received 20 Jan 20259 Beaumont Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LP
Received 20 Jan 202557 Ravensgate Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NS
Received 20 Jan 202526 Great Western Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3QU
Received 20 Jan 2025Garden Flat East The Priory 56 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QB
Received 20 Jan 20256 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 17 Jan 20254 Pittville Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LJ
Received 21 Jan 202517 Jersey Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SZ
Received 21 Jan 202520 Keynshambury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HB
Received 21 Jan 2025Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jan 2025Sunnycroft St Annes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SS
Received 21 Jan 2025Freedom House 2 Rutherford Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TU
Received 22 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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