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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525 approved · 156 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Moorend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EG
Received 18 Aug 20254 Treelands Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DB
Received 18 Aug 2025Broadlands Lodge 56 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RN
Received 18 Aug 202510 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 18 Aug 202527 Haslette Way Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RQ
Received 18 Aug 2025Valley View House Charlton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NE
Received 18 Aug 202563 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EP
Received 18 Aug 202515 Pilley Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9ES
Received 18 Aug 202512 Westal Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BL
Received 18 Aug 2025267C London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YG
Received 19 Aug 2025Parabola House Parabola Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 19 Aug 2025Morningside Courtyard Idsall Drive Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 19 Aug 202518 Keynshambury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HB
Received 19 Aug 202574 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TW
Received 19 Aug 202539 Buckles Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QT
Received 19 Aug 2025Rosehill House Wellington Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JZ
Received 19 Aug 20256 Kingsmead Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0AN
Received 20 Aug 2025239 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HZ
Received 20 Aug 202521 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QE
Received 20 Aug 202537 Norwich Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HD
Received 20 Aug 2025320 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JT
Received 20 Aug 202525 Southcourt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BU
Received 21 Aug 2025Screening Rooms Unit 10 The Brewery Quarter Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4FA
Received 21 Aug 20256 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PT
Received 21 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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