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.
510 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1 47 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SQ
Received 26 Mar 202537 Salix Court Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3WH
Received 26 Mar 202589 St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Mar 202530 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Mar 20251 Bayshill Lodge Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SY
Received 26 Mar 202521 Bramble Rise Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5LR
Received 26 Mar 202524 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 26 Mar 202555 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 27 Mar 2025Meranti North Road East The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RE
Received 27 Mar 202532 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BU
Received 27 Mar 20254 The Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4QE
Received 27 Mar 2025Cromwell Court Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PW
Received 27 Mar 202518 Bournside Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AH
Received 27 Mar 202510 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BD
Received 27 Mar 202510 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BD
Received 27 Mar 2025Flat 2 Churchside Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SX
Received 27 Mar 202599 Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NR
Received 27 Mar 202585 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JB
Received 27 Mar 202510 Mornington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BH
Received 27 Mar 202574 Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DS
Received 27 Mar 202558 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 28 Mar 202558 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 28 Mar 202514 Royal Parade Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Mar 202514 Royal Parade Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 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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