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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525 approved · 156 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
104 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EY
Received 26 Aug 2025275 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HL
Received 26 Aug 202533 Dunster Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0NL
Received 26 Aug 202557 Nettleton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6NR
Received 26 Aug 202515 Broadway Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EB
Received 26 Aug 2025Flat 5 6 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AA
Received 26 Aug 20253 Stoneleigh Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AR
Received 26 Aug 202541 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 26 Aug 2025Douro Villa Douro Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PF
Received 26 Aug 2025The Priory Church Lane High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AP
Received 27 Aug 202542 Wards Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JW
Received 27 Aug 202513 Broadway Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EB
Received 27 Aug 202510 Bafford Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9HP
Received 27 Aug 202596 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 27 Aug 202576 Pennine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HE
Received 27 Aug 20253 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 27 Aug 20253 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 27 Aug 202516 Highwood Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JJ
Received 27 Aug 2025McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 27 Aug 202552 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EF
Received 28 Aug 2025Prezzo 99 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NW
Received 28 Aug 2025Buildbase Ltd Chosen View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LT
Received 28 Aug 2025Buildbase Ltd Chosen View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LT
Received 28 Aug 2025Mill House Lake Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BH
Received 28 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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