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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bayshill Lodge Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SY
Received 20 Nov 202527 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HS
Received 20 Nov 202529 Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 20 Nov 2025The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 20 Nov 20255 Thompson Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PJ
Received 21 Nov 2025456 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JA
Received 21 Nov 20251 Lancaster Court Well Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PJ
Received 21 Nov 2025Osborne Lodge 99 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Nov 2025Upton Leigh Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BL
Received 21 Nov 202511 Victoria Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BN
Received 21 Nov 202521 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PU
Received 21 Nov 20253 Jersey Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SZ
Received 21 Nov 20259 Grafton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ET
Received 21 Nov 2025Tylings 9 Greatfield Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BT
Received 21 Nov 2025Atherstone 17 Church Road St Marks Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Nov 2025243A Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EB
Received 21 Nov 20255 Sussex Mews Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5FU
Received 24 Nov 202522 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 24 Nov 202522 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 24 Nov 20255 Merriville Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JD
Received 24 Nov 2025Llanvair Lodge 132 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TT
Received 24 Nov 202598 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AR
Received 24 Nov 202527 Asquith Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EJ
Received 24 Nov 202562 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SS
Received 24 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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