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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.
561 approved · 177 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Naunton Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BD
Received 23 Dec 202530 Carrol Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0PP
Received 23 Dec 202560B Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TN
Received 23 Dec 202560B Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TN
Received 23 Dec 202534 Mendip Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5ED
Received 23 Dec 202536 Carmarthen Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LA
Received 23 Dec 2025Kingston Overton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Dec 2025341 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AH
Received 24 Dec 2025Sandiacre 69 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HB
Received 24 Dec 202553 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 29 Dec 202553 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 29 Dec 202516 St Annes Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AL
Received 30 Dec 2025117 Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EL
Received 30 Dec 202512 Colesbourne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DL
Received 30 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Dec 202518 Wessex Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AU
Received 31 Dec 2025Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jan 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jan 2026Records 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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