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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.
525 approved · 156 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cheltenham General Hospital Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AN
Received 11 Aug 202559 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 11 Aug 202559 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1UX
Received 11 Aug 202566 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JN
Received 12 Aug 20256 College Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AE
Received 12 Aug 2025Basement Flat 9 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BE
Received 12 Aug 2025White Lodge 27 Sydenham Road North Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6ED
Received 12 Aug 202554 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AL
Received 13 Aug 2025Sandiacre 69 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HB
Received 13 Aug 2025189 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LY
Received 13 Aug 2025Glenfall House Mill Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4EP
Received 11 Aug 2025Former Adey Ltd Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8NR
Received 13 Aug 20253 Lypiatt Mews Lypiatt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QP
Received 13 Aug 2025Farm Court Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Aug 20252 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HW
Received 15 Aug 202556 Hartlebury Way Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YB
Received 15 Aug 2025Flat 5 238 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HW
Received 15 Aug 2025The Paddocks Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Aug 20253 Mill Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3NE
Received 15 Aug 202518 Ravensgate Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NN
Received 15 Aug 202522 Springbank Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0PF
Received 15 Aug 20251 Prinbox Works Saddlers Lane Tivoli Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UX
Received 18 Aug 20259 Mead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DX
Received 18 Aug 202530 Harrington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6ER
Received 18 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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