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.
525 approved · 156 refused · 210 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QZ
Received 1 Aug 2025187 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AD
Received 4 Aug 2025Cornerways Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NR
Received 4 Aug 2025131 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DF
Received 4 Aug 2025Wych Elm Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 4 Aug 20253 Verney Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DD
Received 4 Aug 2025Arlington 34 Orchard Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7LE
Received 4 Aug 2025Malvern Priors Malvern Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Aug 2025Cedar Court Humphris Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Aug 2025Wyndways 104 Charlton Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EA
Received 5 Aug 202510 Chatcombe Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LS
Received 5 Aug 20257 Cranham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BQ
Received 5 Aug 2025Berkhampstead School Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QA
Received 5 Aug 2025Berkhampstead School Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QA
Received 5 Aug 202542 Farmington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AU
Received 5 Aug 202525 Arle Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HP
Received 5 Aug 202512 Southfield Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LF
Received 5 Aug 2025144 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DP
Received 5 Aug 202526 Pilford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AQ
Received 5 Aug 2025Hatherley Court Hatherley Court Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Aug 2025Century Court Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 202583 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 6 Aug 2025Nazareth House London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YJ
Received 6 Aug 2025Burford Lodge 5 Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 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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