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525 approved · 156 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 21 Aug 2025Tibbett Court Pinewood Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Aug 2025Park House 39 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 21 Aug 2025320 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JT
Received 21 Aug 2025The Bank House 15 - 21 Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JL
Received 22 Aug 2025The Bank House 15 - 21 Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JL
Received 22 Aug 2025107 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BP
Received 22 Aug 20251 Wade Court Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6NL
Received 22 Aug 202510 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 22 Aug 20259 Malvern Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JN
Received 22 Aug 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 22 Aug 202526 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PB
Received 22 Aug 202556 Brooklyn Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LW
Received 22 Aug 2025Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 26 Aug 2025Libertus House 22 Libertus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7EH
Received 26 Aug 202523 The Grove Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SX
Received 26 Aug 2025Zetland House 25 Noverton Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DD
Received 26 Aug 2025Cleeve House Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 26 Aug 20255 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 26 Aug 202514 Thompson Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PL
Received 26 Aug 20251 Malvern Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Aug 2025The Hide Victoria Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BN
Received 26 Aug 20252 Greenway Park Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HQ
Received 26 Aug 20254 Undercliff Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AB
Received 26 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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