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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
243A Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EB
Received 11 Nov 2025Lea House 41A Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TD
Received 12 Nov 2025Rose Trees Western Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3RN
Received 12 Nov 20254 Naunton Park Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DL
Received 12 Nov 202521 Little Herberts Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LX
Received 12 Nov 2025Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Nov 202521 College Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NY
Received 12 Nov 202543 Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AG
Received 12 Nov 202514 Hawkswood Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DS
Received 12 Nov 20258 Greenhills Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9ED
Received 13 Nov 20258 Orrisdale Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HZ
Received 13 Nov 202545 Springbank Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LH
Received 13 Nov 20258 Ham Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NP
Received 13 Nov 202567 Brooklyn Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LP
Received 13 Nov 2025Playing Field Rear Of Alstone Croft Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HA
Received 13 Nov 20254 Farm Court Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RB
Received 13 Nov 20258 The Spinney Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JX
Received 14 Nov 2025Land Adjacent Leckhampton Place Old Station Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Nov 202539 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 14 Nov 202539 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 14 Nov 2025Church Court Cottages Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Nov 202530 Dagmar Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UG
Received 14 Nov 20251 The Grange Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AE
Received 14 Nov 20252 Lynworth Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5EA
Received 17 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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