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510 approved · 149 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Daffodil 18 - 20 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AE
Received 24 Apr 202512 Vineyards Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NH
Received 24 Apr 20257 Northcroft The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NL
Received 24 Apr 202534 St Michaels Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RR
Received 25 Apr 202514 Ewlyn Terrace Fairfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PD
Received 25 Apr 2025Chapel Spa North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 25 Apr 202589 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Apr 2025189 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LY
Received 25 Apr 202528 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QZ
Received 28 Apr 2025Costa Coffee 24 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 28 Apr 2025Malvern Hill House East Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Apr 202525 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DT
Received 28 Apr 202525 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DT
Received 28 Apr 202524 Treelands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DE
Received 28 Apr 20255 Hendre Mews Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BL
Received 28 Apr 20255 Hendre Mews Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BL
Received 28 Apr 202527 St Philips Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BP
Received 28 Apr 202551 Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LS
Received 29 Apr 202544 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AD
Received 29 Apr 202562 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 29 Apr 2025Lake House Lake Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BH
Received 29 Apr 202514 All Saints Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UB
Received 29 Apr 2025Thorncliffe Flats Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Apr 202515 St Georges Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8PP
Received 30 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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