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.
512 approved · 151 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Shelley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 27 May 2025Naunton House 16 Naunton Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NU
Received 27 May 2025Manor View Chargrove Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LP
Received 27 May 2025Rimington Mead Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EE
Received 27 May 202525 Withyholt Court Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BQ
Received 27 May 202547 All Saints Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UA
Received 27 May 202519 Sydenham Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EG
Received 27 May 2025South House 104 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 27 May 202529 Brizen Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NG
Received 27 May 2025The Georgian House 34 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AU
Received 27 May 2025The Nurseries Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NR
Received 28 May 202553 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BH
Received 28 May 202523 Darwin Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UE
Received 28 May 202592 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NS
Received 28 May 2025288 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AG
Received 28 May 202511 Sydenham Road South Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EF
Received 28 May 20252 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QB
Received 28 May 2025Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 29 May 2025187 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UF
Received 29 May 2025Pine Lodge 66A Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AW
Received 29 May 2025133 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DT
Received 29 May 2025Village Grill 69 St Pauls Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HZ
Received 30 May 20256 St Lukes Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HS
Received 30 May 202585 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 30 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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