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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509 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Merlin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LS
Received 21 Mar 202566 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ED
Received 24 Mar 202537 Blenheim Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7NF
Received 24 Mar 202521 Ham Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NP
Received 24 Mar 202510 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PR
Received 24 Mar 20251 Stockton Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9JA
Received 24 Mar 202544 Fernleigh Crescent Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3QL
Received 24 Mar 2025Second Floor Flat 81 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 24 Mar 2025Second Floor Flat 81 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 24 Mar 202522 Roberts Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DH
Received 24 Mar 2025109 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DB
Received 24 Mar 202547 Ravensgate Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NS
Received 24 Mar 202519 Finchcroft Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BD
Received 24 Mar 2025Linden Villa 60 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AQ
Received 24 Mar 202523 Copt Elm Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AE
Received 25 Mar 20251 Farmington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AG
Received 25 Mar 2025Rosebank Overton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BP
Received 25 Mar 202598 Naunton Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BE
Received 25 Mar 202574 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0RQ
Received 25 Mar 2025100 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EY
Received 25 Mar 20257 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 25 Mar 20252 Yew Tree Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RQ
Received 26 Mar 20255 Briarbank Rise Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6XR
Received 26 Mar 2025152 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DH
Received 26 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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