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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.
509 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Colesbourne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DN
Received 19 Mar 202571 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BS
Received 19 Mar 202521 Little Herberts Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LX
Received 19 Mar 202527 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 19 Mar 202546 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PP
Received 19 Mar 2025The Cusphaus Blacksmith Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JA
Received 19 Mar 202515 Brighton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BA
Received 20 Mar 2025317 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AJ
Received 20 Mar 2025Garden Flat East The Priory 56 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QB
Received 20 Mar 2025St Lukes Church St Lukes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 20 Mar 202517 Milton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7ET
Received 20 Mar 2025Wyndways 104 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EA
Received 20 Mar 2025Hollyacre Reddings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RT
Received 20 Mar 20251 Eldorado Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PY
Received 20 Mar 202560A School Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BW
Received 20 Mar 20256 Spencer Court Park Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3NQ
Received 20 Mar 2025Evans Cycles Unit P4 Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 21 Mar 2025Eldon Villa 11 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AX
Received 21 Mar 2025277 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YG
Received 21 Mar 2025Open Space And Play Area Footpath Rear Jessop Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Mar 20254 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PB
Received 21 Mar 202594 Broad Acre Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HX
Received 21 Mar 2025Goldsmiths 78 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 21 Mar 2025Goldsmiths 78 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 21 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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