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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521 approved · 156 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 3 Jul 20258 Gratton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AT
Received 3 Jul 2025Arle Court Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 4 Jul 202511 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BT
Received 4 Jul 2025Lodge View Chargrove Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LD
Received 7 Jul 2025The Manor By The Lake Cheltenham Film Studios Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 7 Jul 20256 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AF
Received 7 Jul 2025Kintara Old Reddings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RZ
Received 7 Jul 2025Atticus House 32 Wellington Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JF
Received 7 Jul 20251 Clarke Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AX
Received 7 Jul 20252 Brymore Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DY
Received 7 Jul 2025Oakwood Primary School Cotswold Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HD
Received 7 Jul 20252 Larch Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8PE
Received 7 Jul 2025Landscape Daisy Bank Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QQ
Received 8 Jul 202555 Townsend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9HA
Received 8 Jul 2025Garages Adj 10A Monson Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Jul 2025Fairmile House Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TF
Received 8 Jul 202533 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BD
Received 8 Jul 202542 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SE
Received 8 Jul 202529 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 3 Jun 2025Thirlestaine Hall Thirlestaine Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Jul 202530 Orchard Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7LE
Received 8 Jul 2025St.Stephens Sports And Social Club 52 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 8 Jul 2025Land 1 Off Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 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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