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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.
517 approved · 155 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Verge Outside Ashville Trading Estate Wymans Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jun 2025Arle Court Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 5 Jun 2025Side Of 53 London Road Pavement Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jun 202560 Severn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5PX
Received 5 Jun 202512 Overbrook Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HR
Received 5 Jun 20257 Parkland Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LS
Received 5 Jun 20253 Lauriston Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QL
Received 6 Jun 20256 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 6 Jun 202533 Hawkswood Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DT
Received 6 Jun 2025Arle Court Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 6 Jun 202550 Upper Park Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SA
Received 6 Jun 2025Selby House The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RL
Received 6 Jun 2025Regent House 65 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 6 Jun 202512 Montpellier Arcade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SU
Received 6 Jun 202589 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BS
Received 6 Jun 20251 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 6 Jun 202521 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TD
Received 6 Jun 2025Haddo Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 6 Jun 20251 Langton Gate London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HD
Received 9 Jun 202586 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NX
Received 9 Jun 2025Sue Ryder Care Centre Leckhampton Court Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0QJ
Received 9 Jun 2025Star Lodge Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jun 2025Richmond Village Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 9 Jun 2025Under Oaks Battledown Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QZ
Received 9 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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