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506 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 4 Mar 20256 Cherry Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8PN
Received 4 Mar 2025Hunting Butts Farm Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NZ
Received 4 Mar 20253 Beechwood Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QQ
Received 4 Mar 20252 Charlton Court Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JB
Received 5 Mar 2025Sydenham Lodge 12 Cranham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BQ
Received 5 Mar 202570 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NE
Received 5 Mar 2025177 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3ES
Received 5 Mar 202555 Bafford Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9JF
Received 5 Mar 2025Montpellier Mini Market 101 Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1RS
Received 6 Mar 20258 Hartley Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DN
Received 6 Mar 202541 Cleevelands Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PY
Received 6 Mar 2025336 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AF
Received 6 Mar 202525 Arthur Bliss Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LN
Received 6 Mar 20259 Montpellier Villas Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XE
Received 6 Mar 2025Blackbirds Rest 24F Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HD
Received 6 Mar 20252 Vineyards Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NH
Received 6 Mar 2025339 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AH
Received 6 Mar 2025Bayshill House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Mar 2025Bayshill House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Mar 202530 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 7 Mar 2025Swindon Manor Manor Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Mar 202532 River Leys Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RY
Received 7 Mar 202511 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 7 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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