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.
509 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Fairfield Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PN
Received 17 Mar 2025Sandiacre 69 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HB
Received 17 Mar 202523 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 17 Mar 202533 - 35 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LZ
Received 18 Mar 2025304 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HR
Received 18 Mar 202551A Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BJ
Received 18 Mar 2025404 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7TB
Received 18 Mar 2025Claremont Belmont Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NJ
Received 18 Mar 202539 Redgrove Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AT
Received 18 Mar 2025Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Mar 2025Lisle House Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Mar 202562 Netherwood Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LG
Received 18 Mar 2025Castle Dream Stud Mill Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Mar 20251 Waterloo Place Wellington Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XY
Received 18 Mar 20257 Queens Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 Mar 202516 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 19 Mar 202516 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 19 Mar 2025Unit 9 Cheltenham Trade Park Enterprise Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LZ
Received 19 Mar 2025Mayther 80 - 82 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 19 Mar 2025115 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NY
Received 19 Mar 202532 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 19 Mar 2025Stirling House College Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 19 Mar 2025Farleigh Sandy Lane Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DA
Received 19 Mar 2025Mayther 80 - 82 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 19 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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