Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
563 approved · 177 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Denham Lodge 60 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jan 202621 Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 21 Jan 202621 Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Jan 202661 Clyde Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5QY
Received 22 Jan 202614 Charlton Park Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DJ
Received 22 Jan 2026Hidden Hearing Ltd Ground To Second Floor 14 Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HE
Received 22 Jan 2026St Lukes Church St Lukes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Jan 2026Thaylin 11 Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PY
Received 22 Jan 2026235 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HZ
Received 22 Jan 2026117 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DQ
Received 22 Jan 2026The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 22 Jan 202618 Redthorne Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NW
Received 23 Jan 202649 Murvagh Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QX
Received 23 Jan 2026Pittville Pump Room East Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JE
Received 23 Jan 2026Outwoods Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QJ
Received 23 Jan 202644 Ismay Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0EJ
Received 23 Jan 20262 Larch Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8PE
Received 23 Jan 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 26 Jan 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 26 Jan 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 26 Jan 202617 Shelley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DN
Received 26 Jan 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 26 Jan 2026194 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HJ
Received 26 Jan 2026Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 26 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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