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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.
503 approved · 147 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
124 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JT
Received 22 Jan 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025Mountview 3 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Jan 2025Braemar 28 Sydenham Road North Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EA
Received 22 Jan 202510 Short Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DZ
Received 22 Jan 20251 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QY
Received 22 Jan 2025Hetton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HG
Received 22 Jan 2025213 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DF
Received 22 Jan 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 22 Jan 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 22 Jan 202521 Arthur Bliss Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LN
Received 22 Jan 202545 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HL
Received 22 Jan 202521 Roberts Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DH
Received 23 Jan 2025Little Meadows Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BB
Received 23 Jan 202530 Dunalley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AJ
Received 24 Jan 2025Fourways 55 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 24 Jan 202523 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 24 Jan 2025Cheltenham Ladies College Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3EP
Received 24 Jan 2025Oakdene Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 24 Jan 20259 Arle Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HU
Received 24 Jan 2025Montpellier Town House 33 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 27 Jan 2025210 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6ET
Received 27 Jan 202535 Quat Goose Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RP
Received 27 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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