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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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Albemarle Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NG
Received 28 Nov 2025Thames Lodge 31 All Saints Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HB
Received 28 Nov 2025The Childrens Society 16 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LX
Received 28 Nov 2025The Childrens Society 16 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LX
Received 28 Nov 2025Cotteswold House Brockhampton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RS
Received 28 Nov 2025Peddars Way Charlton Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8ES
Received 1 Dec 20258 Teme Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UE
Received 1 Dec 202541 Fairhaven Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PH
Received 1 Dec 2025Maggies The Lodge College Baths Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QB
Received 1 Dec 2025Maggies The Lodge College Baths Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QB
Received 1 Dec 2025YMCA 6 Vittoria Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TP
Received 1 Dec 2025Langdale Ryeworth Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LU
Received 1 Dec 2025Hatherley Park Hatherley Court Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Dec 202531 Lauriston Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QL
Received 2 Dec 202556 Cleevelands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4QB
Received 2 Dec 2025All Saints Church All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2EY
Received 2 Dec 202553 Springfield Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SG
Received 2 Dec 202576 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NE
Received 2 Dec 20251 Croft Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LF
Received 2 Dec 20255 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 3 Dec 20258 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HW
Received 3 Dec 20252 Wade Court Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6NL
Received 3 Dec 202526 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 3 Dec 2025115 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 3 Dec 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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