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.
526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hadley House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AW
Received 29 Oct 202517 Frewin Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0XT
Received 29 Oct 202534 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PW
Received 29 Oct 202520 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JS
Received 29 Oct 2025Glenowen House Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Oct 2025151 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2DU
Received 29 Oct 20255 Coates Gardens Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AX
Received 29 Oct 202538 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0RA
Received 29 Oct 202583 Kingscote Road West Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JP
Received 29 Oct 202510 Surrey Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DG
Received 29 Oct 202552 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ER
Received 29 Oct 20255 College Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HY
Received 29 Oct 202514 Cedar Court Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RB
Received 29 Oct 2025112 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BX
Received 30 Oct 202537 South View Way Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BQ
Received 30 Oct 202526 Victoria Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BN
Received 30 Oct 202586 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 30 Oct 202586 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 30 Oct 2025Sue Ryder Care Centre Leckhampton Court Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0QJ
Received 30 Oct 202516 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 30 Oct 202539 South View Way Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BQ
Received 31 Oct 2025105 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 31 Oct 20256 Townsend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9HD
Received 31 Oct 2025275 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AA
Received 31 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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