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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.
511 approved · 150 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rotunda Buildings Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SX
Received 6 May 20251 Tudor Lodge Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SW
Received 6 May 2025Montpellier Town House 33 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 6 May 2025Montpellier Town House 33 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 6 May 202510 Walnut Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AG
Received 6 May 202572 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PD
Received 6 May 202523 All Saints Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HB
Received 6 May 20251 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HY
Received 7 May 2025Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 7 May 202510 Bafford Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9HP
Received 7 May 202539 East End Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QB
Received 7 May 20258 Bath Mews Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HL
Received 7 May 2025Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust Brownhill Centre Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9EZ
Received 7 May 20256 Pinetrees Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NB
Received 7 May 202514 Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AA
Received 8 May 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 8 May 202586 Ryeworth Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LT
Received 8 May 202558 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 8 May 20256 Undercliff Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AB
Received 9 May 202514 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 9 May 2025165 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DU
Received 9 May 202563 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AS
Received 9 May 202541 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DJ
Received 12 May 202514 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 12 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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