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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510 approved · 149 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Naunton Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BQ
Received 10 Apr 202512 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JF
Received 11 Apr 202510 Copt Elm Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AD
Received 11 Apr 2025Penrose House 30 Sydenham Road North Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EB
Received 11 Apr 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 11 Apr 202535 Campden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AA
Received 14 Apr 202515 Cornmeadow Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0QB
Received 14 Apr 20253 North Hall Mews Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QD
Received 14 Apr 202520 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QT
Received 14 Apr 2025Dean Close School Shelburne Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE
Received 14 Apr 2025Hunting Butts Farm Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NZ
Received 15 Apr 2025Elms Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Apr 20255 Arle Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Apr 202549 All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HF
Received 15 Apr 2025University Of Gloucestershire The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RH
Received 16 Apr 202523 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 16 Apr 2025Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Apr 202511 Hamilton Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HN
Received 16 Apr 202566 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AW
Received 16 Apr 2025The Crescent Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Apr 202541 Hales Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TE
Received 17 Apr 20255 Murvagh Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QX
Received 17 Apr 202516 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BG
Received 17 Apr 202524 Helens Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LX
Received 17 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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