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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.
508 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
229 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EF
Received 12 Mar 20256 Montpellier Villas Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XE
Received 12 Mar 202546 The Grove Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SX
Received 12 Mar 202522 Southcourt Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DW
Received 12 Mar 20252 North Hall Mews Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QD
Received 12 Mar 2025Cedar Lodge 26C Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PT
Received 12 Mar 20251 Northcroft The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NL
Received 12 Mar 2025Wallace Apartments Sherborne Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2JZ
Received 12 Mar 202548 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AS
Received 12 Mar 20257 Hillfort Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JS
Received 12 Mar 20253 Skillicorne Mews Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NJ
Received 12 Mar 20251 Richards Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JU
Received 12 Mar 202511 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 13 Mar 202535 Church Road St Marks Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AL
Received 13 Mar 202511 Sydenham Road South Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EF
Received 13 Mar 2025239A London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HZ
Received 13 Mar 202512 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 14 Mar 202518 Oak Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JG
Received 14 Mar 2025Swindon Manor Manor Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Mar 20258 Haywards Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RH
Received 14 Mar 2025339 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AH
Received 14 Mar 202511 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 14 Mar 2025The Rivelands Dark Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RW
Received 17 Mar 2025Manor View Chargrove Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LP
Received 17 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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