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.
504 approved · 148 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 3 Feb 20255 Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Feb 20255 Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Feb 202520 Wells Close Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BX
Received 4 Feb 202519 Cleevelands Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PY
Received 4 Feb 20252 Lansdown Lodge Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QJ
Received 4 Feb 202510 Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LH
Received 4 Feb 20257 Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XB
Received 5 Feb 2025Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Feb 2025271 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AA
Received 5 Feb 20257 Battledown Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RD
Received 5 Feb 2025Unit 1 Centrum Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9FD
Received 5 Feb 202519 Arthur Bliss Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LN
Received 5 Feb 202550 Upper Park Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SA
Received 6 Feb 202536 Naunton Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BQ
Received 6 Feb 20258 Fairfield Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PF
Received 6 Feb 2025First Floor Flat 18 Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JS
Received 6 Feb 2025The Old Rectory Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0QJ
Received 6 Feb 202515 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0DU
Received 7 Feb 2025Fulshaw Lodge 53 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Feb 2025The Pines 22 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Feb 2025Lansdown Court Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Feb 2025Hunting Butts Farm Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NZ
Received 7 Feb 202539 Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AU
Received 10 Feb 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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