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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.
562 approved · 177 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land 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 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Jan 2026203 Brooklyn Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8DZ
Received 2 Jan 2026Hallaton House 43 Sydenham Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EE
Received 5 Jan 2026St Gregorys Presbytery St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PR
Received 5 Jan 2026St Gregorys Presbytery St James Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PR
Received 5 Jan 202615 Tayberry Grove Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3WF
Received 6 Jan 2026Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Received 6 Jan 2026Hunting Butts Farm Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NZ
Received 6 Jan 202645 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 6 Jan 202614 Westbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EW
Received 6 Jan 202612 Park Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3NG
Received 6 Jan 20263 Aylburton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5FB
Received 7 Jan 2026Zetland House 25 Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DD
Received 7 Jan 2026Cheltenham General Hospital Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AN
Received 8 Jan 202613 Lypiatt Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SX
Received 8 Jan 2026Pegasus Court St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GB
Received 8 Jan 2026Glenlee House Cheltenham Ladies College Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Jan 2026Flat 1 15 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 8 Jan 202679 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 8 Jan 202679 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 8 Jan 2026Petch Court Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Jan 202611 Priory Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DS
Received 8 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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