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511 approved · 150 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Salado Leckhampton Gate Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 4WJ
Received 12 May 2025Ranmoor Kestrel Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LQ
Received 12 May 20258 Orchard Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7JX
Received 12 May 20257 Studland Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BU
Received 12 May 202534 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QT
Received 12 May 202534 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QT
Received 12 May 202555 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PF
Received 12 May 20255 Hampton Close Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DZ
Received 12 May 202527 St Pauls Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4ES
Received 12 May 202517 Albemarle Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NG
Received 12 May 20255 Priory Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HG
Received 12 May 2025248 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HB
Received 13 May 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 13 May 20256 St Lukes Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HS
Received 13 May 2025Garden Flat 36 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AB
Received 13 May 202522 Westdown Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AY
Received 13 May 2025Flat 3 1 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SL
Received 13 May 202523 Copt Elm Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AE
Received 13 May 2025St Johns Villa Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 May 2025St Johns Villa Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 May 2025Pittville School Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JD
Received 14 May 2025Guardian Court Moorend Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 May 2025Hetton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HG
Received 14 May 2025Dean Close School Shelburne Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE
Received 14 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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