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.
506 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosehill New Barn Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ
Received 27 Feb 202516 The Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PH
Received 27 Feb 2025Rosehill New Barn Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ
Received 27 Feb 202529 Courtenay Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LR
Received 27 Feb 202519 Beaumont Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LP
Received 27 Feb 2025Spring Bridge London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Feb 202542 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SE
Received 28 Feb 202517 The Verneys Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DB
Received 28 Feb 20251 Yew Tree Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RQ
Received 28 Feb 202512 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EE
Received 28 Feb 202525 Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AW
Received 28 Feb 2025Lawn House 11 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 28 Feb 202545 Imjin Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JU
Received 3 Mar 2025County Community Projects Education Centre Grove Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3LZ
Received 3 Mar 202523 Ham Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NP
Received 3 Mar 2025Sapa Profiles UK Ltd Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9DT
Received 3 Mar 202566 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JH
Received 3 Mar 2025Copper Beech House 368 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AD
Received 3 Mar 20254 Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QG
Received 3 Mar 202541 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 3 Mar 202548 Hanover Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HQ
Received 4 Mar 20254 Hillary Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LD
Received 4 Mar 2025Hazel Lea 44 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Mar 2025Ultra Electronics Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PL
Received 4 Mar 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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