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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560 approved · 176 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Chase Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YU
Received 12 Dec 202515 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NY
Received 15 Dec 20259 Newcourt Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AY
Received 15 Dec 202596 Henley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0PD
Received 15 Dec 202517 Milton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7ET
Received 15 Dec 202593 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NY
Received 15 Dec 202536 Keynsham Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EN
Received 15 Dec 20252 Chedworth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AH
Received 16 Dec 202591 Ravensgate Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NS
Received 16 Dec 202528 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BB
Received 16 Dec 2025NatWest 31 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 16 Dec 2025NatWest 31 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LE
Received 16 Dec 2025Lower Noverton Farm House 37 Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DD
Received 16 Dec 2025Lower Noverton Farm House 37 Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DD
Received 16 Dec 202548 Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AA
Received 16 Dec 202517 Anlaby Court Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AJ
Received 16 Dec 202598 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BY
Received 17 Dec 2025The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Dec 2025100 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EG
Received 17 Dec 202526 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QZ
Received 17 Dec 20254 College Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HX
Received 17 Dec 2025Lansdown Lodge 68 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QL
Received 17 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Dec 2025First Floor Hanover House Montpellier Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SD
Received 18 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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