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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.
504 approved · 147 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Exmouth Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NS
Received 27 Jan 202510 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BG
Received 27 Jan 20257 Larch Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8PE
Received 27 Jan 20253 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BT
Received 27 Jan 202536 Coltham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RN
Received 27 Jan 202516 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AQ
Received 27 Jan 2025Flat 2 23 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BE
Received 28 Jan 2025Flat 2 23 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BE
Received 28 Jan 2025Pembridge Court The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jan 202546 Welland Lodge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EZ
Received 28 Jan 2025Spa Court 11 Bath Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Jan 202520 Hartley Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DN
Received 28 Jan 202533 Southgate Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QR
Received 28 Jan 20255 Trowscoed Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BP
Received 28 Jan 2025Brandon Tool Hire Unit P1 Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 28 Jan 2025Christowe House Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BL
Received 28 Jan 202519 Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LG
Received 29 Jan 202514 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jan 20251 Huntsfield Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PR
Received 29 Jan 202516 Castlemaine Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UA
Received 29 Jan 2025Mountview 3 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Jan 202512 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 29 Jan 202512 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 29 Jan 202522 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 29 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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