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.
521 approved · 156 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 17 Jun 20251 Maida Vale Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EA
Received 17 Jun 202517 Hartley Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DN
Received 18 Jun 202523 Lypiatt Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UD
Received 18 Jun 2025Eldon Villa 11 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AX
Received 18 Jun 202534 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 19 Jun 2025Verge Outside The Chestnuts And 11 Cleevelands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 19 Jun 2025Inverary 39 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 19 Jun 202528 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 19 Jun 2025Spa Private Medical 31 New Barn Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3LB
Received 19 Jun 202520 Glebe Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DG
Received 19 Jun 202583A Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LH
Received 19 Jun 202572 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AR
Received 20 Jun 2025Dean Close School Shelburne Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE
Received 20 Jun 2025Pittville Court Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 20 Jun 2025Charlton Kings Nursery School 23 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AP
Received 20 Jun 202518 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BS
Received 20 Jun 2025105 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6ST
Received 20 Jun 2025178 Orchard Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7NG
Received 20 Jun 202572 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AR
Received 23 Jun 202560 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JH
Received 23 Jun 20251 Willersey Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6NW
Received 24 Jun 20255 Hermitage Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NX
Received 24 Jun 202514 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 24 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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