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.
511 approved · 149 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ES
Received 30 Apr 2025Flat 14 Hendre Overton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BW
Received 30 Apr 202523 Justicia Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3YH
Received 30 Apr 202585 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 30 Apr 2025404 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7TB
Received 1 May 2025Flat 6 Princes Court 40 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 1 May 2025Chartwell House Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NU
Received 1 May 202521 Cleeve View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NJ
Received 1 May 202521 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PU
Received 2 May 2025Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 May 2025Century Court Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 May 20255 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EP
Received 2 May 2025Elms Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 May 2025150 Farmfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RB
Received 2 May 202511 Miserden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6BP
Received 2 May 20255 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EP
Received 2 May 2025102 Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NR
Received 2 May 202517 Sydenham Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EG
Received 2 May 202582 Haywards Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RJ
Received 2 May 2025Tamworth 14 Albany Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UL
Received 6 May 20256 Appleton Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TS
Received 6 May 202563 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DG
Received 6 May 20256 Kingsmead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AN
Received 6 May 2025Rotunda Buildings Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SX
Received 6 May 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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