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525 approved · 156 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
109 - 111 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 2025Wallace House Windermere Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 202530 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 202527 King William Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7RP
Received 6 Aug 2025Berkeley Villa Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DA
Received 7 Aug 202510 Newcourt Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AY
Received 7 Aug 2025Former Adey Ltd Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NR
Received 7 Aug 2025Berkeley Villa Berkeley Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DA
Received 7 Aug 2025255 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YG
Received 7 Aug 2025336 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AF
Received 7 Aug 202550 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EE
Received 8 Aug 202510 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 8 Aug 20253 Albany Mews Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AP
Received 8 Aug 2025Westal Green Lawn 27 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JA
Received 8 Aug 20252 Nursery Cottages Ham Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NJ
Received 8 Aug 2025Pippins Newcourt Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AZ
Received 8 Aug 2025Glenfall House Mill Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EP
Received 11 Aug 202564 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NZ
Received 11 Aug 2025Beale House Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AB
Received 11 Aug 2025St Austins House - Ladies College St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Aug 2025Stables Cottage Christowe Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BY
Received 11 Aug 20251 Ham Green Cottages Ham Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6ND
Received 11 Aug 202584 Pennine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HE
Received 11 Aug 2025Southwood House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AA
Received 11 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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