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.
524 approved · 156 refused · 210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AY
Received 14 Jul 2025235 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3ET
Received 14 Jul 2025St Matthews Church Office Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PL
Received 15 Jul 2025Land Between 43 And 45 Market Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Jul 2025The Nook Unit 6 Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PZ
Received 16 Jul 2025The Nook Unit 6 Quadrangle Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PZ
Received 16 Jul 202520 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LS
Received 16 Jul 202519 Cranham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BQ
Received 16 Jul 20252 Silverthorn Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JF
Received 16 Jul 202553 Springfield Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SG
Received 16 Jul 20258 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 16 Jul 202539 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 16 Jul 202515 Hawkswood Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DT
Received 16 Jul 2025Third Floor 7 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 17 Jul 202510 Victoria Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HU
Received 17 Jul 202516 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 17 Jul 2025Bath Mews Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jul 202512 Liddington Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AH
Received 17 Jul 202512 Montpellier Arcade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SU
Received 17 Jul 20252 Randolph Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RT
Received 18 Jul 20257 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HL
Received 18 Jul 202517 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AB
Received 18 Jul 202517 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AB
Received 18 Jul 202511 Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 18 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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