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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.
514 approved · 151 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 To Either Side Of Entrance Driveway Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 May 202511 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QB
Received 2 Jun 2025115 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 2 Jun 2025The Bungalow 97A St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ED
Received 2 Jun 202553 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LX
Received 2 Jun 2025202 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HJ
Received 2 Jun 2025Roseville 12 Gladstone Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JG
Received 2 Jun 202568 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 2 Jun 202568 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 2 Jun 202516 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AB
Received 2 Jun 2025192 - 194 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EP
Received 3 Jun 202529 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 3 Jun 2025Daisy Dell The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RL
Received 3 Jun 202514 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 3 Jun 20251 Shelley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DT
Received 3 Jun 202519 Shelley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DN
Received 3 Jun 202530 Battledown Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RD
Received 4 Jun 2025Green Lodge Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9QX
Received 4 Jun 2025150 Harthurstfield Park Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0TB
Received 4 Jun 2025Calder Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 4 Jun 202535 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QY
Received 4 Jun 2025121 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LS
Received 4 Jun 202512 Montpellier Arcade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SU
Received 5 Jun 202524 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jun 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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