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.
508 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 24 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Mar 202511 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 7 Mar 2025Pittville Pump Room East Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JE
Received 7 Mar 202514 Hillands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EU
Received 7 Mar 202551 Moorend Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EJ
Received 10 Mar 2025First Floor Stamford House Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HN
Received 10 Mar 202557 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BY
Received 10 Mar 202557 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BY
Received 10 Mar 202534 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 10 Mar 2025Fairways 62 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DQ
Received 10 Mar 202530 Cakebridge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HJ
Received 10 Mar 2025Thornton 16 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TW
Received 10 Mar 2025The Workshop Malthouse Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Mar 202521 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 10 Mar 202541 Roman Hackle Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RF
Received 11 Mar 20254 Brymore Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DY
Received 11 Mar 2025143 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EP
Received 11 Mar 20258 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 11 Mar 20258 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 11 Mar 20258 Lypiatt Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SX
Received 11 Mar 2025Hazel Lea Allenfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NA
Received 11 Mar 20257 Hayes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QF
Received 11 Mar 2025Holmdale Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 11 Mar 20255 Beechwood Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QQ
Received 11 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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