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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.
510 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 4 Apr 2025Ivyhurst Noverton Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DB
Received 7 Apr 202547 Marle Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LN
Received 7 Apr 20251 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AG
Received 7 Apr 2025Cheltenham Ladies College Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3EP
Received 7 Apr 2025Cheltenham Ladies College Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3EP
Received 7 Apr 20256 Clarence Lodge Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JN
Received 7 Apr 202512 St James Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SH
Received 8 Apr 2025Land Adjacent 66 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Apr 2025Three Queens Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 8 Apr 202518 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HN
Received 8 Apr 202512 Bournside Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AH
Received 8 Apr 2025157 Brooklyn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DX
Received 8 Apr 202538 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HD
Received 8 Apr 202576 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TW
Received 8 Apr 202583 Naunton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AZ
Received 8 Apr 2025Flat 5 Marlborough House 109 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NL
Received 8 Apr 202566 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ED
Received 24 Mar 20257 Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2XB
Received 8 Apr 2025Wellesley House Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JZ
Received 9 Apr 202544 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SS
Received 9 Apr 2025Unit E Liddington Industrial Estate Old Station Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DL
Received 9 Apr 202516 Naunton Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BQ
Received 10 Apr 2025Oakhurst Court Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Apr 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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