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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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Croft Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LF
Received 4 Dec 202511 Courtenay Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LR
Received 4 Dec 202528 Hatherley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TT
Received 4 Dec 202514 Hillview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AE
Received 4 Dec 202548 Hanover Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HQ
Received 5 Dec 2025Flat 2 2 Tivoli Lawn 8 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TG
Received 5 Dec 2025St James South 1 Jessop Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Dec 2025152 Brooklyn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DY
Received 5 Dec 2025The Garden House West Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LB
Received 5 Dec 2025Sandford Lido Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PU
Received 5 Dec 2025Thames Lodge 31 All Saints Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HB
Received 8 Dec 202534 Hayes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QF
Received 8 Dec 20258 Castlefields Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YR
Received 8 Dec 2025Quaker House 54 - 58 Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Dec 202510 Cleevelands Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4PS
Received 8 Dec 202511 Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DW
Received 8 Dec 2025Sandiacre 69 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HB
Received 9 Dec 202510 Mitre Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JS
Received 9 Dec 202517 Albemarle Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NG
Received 9 Dec 202536 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EE
Received 9 Dec 202561 Beaumont Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0LP
Received 9 Dec 202513 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AP
Received 9 Dec 2025Advertising Right Site 2601 0058 Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Dec 2025Wellington Lodge Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JU
Received 9 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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