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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.
560 approved · 176 refused · 227 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Flat 66 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7BY
Received 10 Dec 202576 Kipling Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DQ
Received 10 Dec 20252 Andover Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QY
Received 10 Dec 20252 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EU
Received 10 Dec 2025Grosvenor House 72 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Dec 2025Walnut Cottage Tatchley Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DH
Received 10 Dec 202520 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AQ
Received 11 Dec 202520 Carlton Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AQ
Received 11 Dec 2025Land 1 Off Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Dec 202515 Moorend Glade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AT
Received 11 Dec 2025Farnley Lodge Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PG
Received 11 Dec 2025Ladies College Playing Field Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Dec 2025Springfield 9 St Peters Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9DX
Received 12 Dec 202521 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AF
Received 12 Dec 202510 Mornington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BH
Received 12 Dec 202544 Merestones Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SS
Received 12 Dec 202510 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BD
Received 12 Dec 202572 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AR
Received 12 Dec 2025The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Dec 2025Flat 10 Victoria House St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PZ
Received 12 Dec 2025Flat 10 Victoria House St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PZ
Received 12 Dec 202545 Buckingham Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DA
Received 12 Dec 202542 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JN
Received 12 Dec 202533 Bafford Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9JG
Received 12 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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