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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.
505 approved · 148 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ardwell House 94 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AL
Received 12 Feb 202521 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AF
Received 13 Feb 2025Clarence Villa Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JP
Received 13 Feb 2025Former Nisa 185 - 187 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DE
Received 13 Feb 2025Electricity Distribution Substation Lypiatt Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Feb 2025Imperial House 3 Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UA
Received 13 Feb 202552 River Leys Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RY
Received 14 Feb 2025183 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DW
Received 14 Feb 2025109 Village Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AE
Received 14 Feb 2025Somerset House Knapp Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Feb 202532 Montpellier Spa Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UL
Received 17 Feb 202548 Hanover Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HQ
Received 17 Feb 202516 Marsh Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LN
Received 17 Feb 2025131 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6ST
Received 17 Feb 202534 Churchill Drive Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JJ
Received 17 Feb 20256 Montpellier Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SD
Received 17 Feb 2025204 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EQ
Received 17 Feb 202510 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SG
Received 17 Feb 202548 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BE
Received 17 Feb 2025Flat 4 16 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 17 Feb 2025Flat 4 16 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 17 Feb 2025Unit 5 Colletts Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JQ
Received 18 Feb 2025The Steeplechase New Barn Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LB
Received 18 Feb 202517 Old Reddings Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SD
Received 18 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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