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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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harani Hair 62 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 31 Oct 20254 Castlemaine Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UA
Received 31 Oct 202527 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JN
Received 3 Nov 202527 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JN
Received 3 Nov 2025Farleigh Sandy Lane Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DA
Received 3 Nov 202555 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 3 Nov 2025101 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 3 Nov 202522 Croft Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LQ
Received 3 Nov 202549 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 3 Nov 20251 Solway Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LY
Received 3 Nov 2025Flat 6 51 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 3 Nov 2025172 Farmfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RB
Received 3 Nov 2025Ground Floor Flat The Grange Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JH
Received 4 Nov 2025Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Received 4 Nov 202512 Great Norwood Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AN
Received 4 Nov 2025Sainsbury's Local 86 Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DA
Received 4 Nov 202524 Cam Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5QT
Received 4 Nov 20251 Arden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HG
Received 4 Nov 2025Thirlestaine House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AA
Received 4 Nov 2025193 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HT
Received 4 Nov 202511 Midwinter Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JF
Received 4 Nov 2025Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Received 5 Nov 202511 Hamilton Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HN
Received 5 Nov 202510 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 5 Nov 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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