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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.
526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Pickering Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LF
Received 17 Oct 202546 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NQ
Received 17 Oct 2025Domus 70A Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AW
Received 17 Oct 202541 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 17 Oct 202522 Shaw Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BP
Received 17 Oct 20257 Well Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JX
Received 17 Oct 2025Aysgarth 36 The Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BL
Received 17 Oct 202544 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HH
Received 17 Oct 20253 Leckhampton Rise Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AP
Received 20 Oct 20257 Halland Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DJ
Received 20 Oct 202547 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 20 Oct 202514 Ashcot Mews Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RN
Received 20 Oct 2025Magrathea Sunnyfield Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JE
Received 20 Oct 2025116 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BY
Received 21 Oct 2025Richmond Village Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 21 Oct 2025St Peters Playing Field St Peters Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Oct 202514 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Oct 2025103 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DA
Received 22 Oct 202537 Farmington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AG
Received 22 Oct 202590 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EY
Received 22 Oct 202566 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TN
Received 22 Oct 202524 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 22 Oct 202524 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PW
Received 22 Oct 202558 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DA
Received 23 Oct 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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