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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.
521 approved · 156 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Camden Lodge Clarence Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AU
Received 30 Jun 202523 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 30 Jun 20252 Barley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3PF
Received 30 Jun 20254 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 30 Jun 202527 Pilford Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EJ
Received 30 Jun 2025Huccaby The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RT
Received 30 Jun 2025Circus Day Nursery Haddo Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 30 Jun 2025Kings Arms 140 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NB
Received 30 Jun 2025Unit 5 Kingsditch Trading Estate Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9NB
Received 30 Jun 202510 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 30 Jun 2025Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jul 202517 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PA
Received 1 Jul 202573 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 1 Jul 2025The Orthodontic And Aesthetics Clinic 74 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SZ
Received 1 Jul 2025The Orthodontic And Aesthetics Clinic 74 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SZ
Received 1 Jul 2025183 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DW
Received 1 Jul 202597 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PF
Received 2 Jul 20258 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 2 Jul 202545 Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HY
Received 2 Jul 2025266 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AP
Received 2 Jul 2025The Manor By The Lake Cheltenham Film Studios Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 2 Jul 202562A Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JN
Received 3 Jul 20259 South Bank Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DN
Received 3 Jul 202512 Bournside Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AH
Received 3 Jul 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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