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.
523 approved · 156 refused · 210 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 9 Jul 2025Wallace House Windermere Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jul 202533 Alstone Croft Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HB
Received 9 Jul 20258 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HW
Received 9 Jul 202520 Benhall Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AE
Received 9 Jul 202525 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jul 202516 Cornwall Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8AY
Received 10 Jul 2025109 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DE
Received 10 Jul 202544 Norfolk Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DE
Received 10 Jul 202519 Margrett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DB
Received 10 Jul 20258 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 10 Jul 2025Exmouth Arms 167 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LX
Received 10 Jul 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 10 Jul 2025Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Jul 2025Oriel Lodge Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XN
Received 11 Jul 202532 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HD
Received 11 Jul 202543 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 11 Jul 202518 - 19 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 11 Jul 20258 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HW
Received 14 Jul 202518 - 19 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 14 Jul 20257 Pennsylvania Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7JJ
Received 14 Jul 2025Flat 4 72 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EQ
Received 14 Jul 202554 Wessex Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AU
Received 14 Jul 20255 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 14 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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