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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504 approved · 148 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 10 Feb 202524 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 10 Feb 202514 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HT
Received 10 Feb 202526 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PT
Received 10 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To Oakhurst Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Feb 2025Firth Lodge 106 Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JQ
Received 10 Feb 202511 Montpellier Villas Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XE
Received 10 Feb 2025St Lawrence House Rectory Lane Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RD
Received 11 Feb 2025108 Canterbury Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HF
Received 11 Feb 202530 Branch Hill Rise Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9HW
Received 11 Feb 202516 Brizen Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NG
Received 11 Feb 2025Old Railway Station Prestbury Park Evesham Road New Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Feb 202516 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 11 Feb 202516 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 11 Feb 2025Hill House Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Feb 202519 Coltham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RW
Received 12 Feb 20258 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 12 Feb 20251 Berkeley Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DB
Received 12 Feb 2025Viyella 82 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Feb 2025Viyella 82 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Feb 2025Pilgrim Cottage Lake Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BH
Received 12 Feb 202513 Severn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5PY
Received 12 Feb 202521 Cotswold Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5EL
Received 12 Feb 20254 Oakhurst Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JU
Received 12 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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