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525 approved · 156 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Eldon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TX
Received 5 Sept 2025Coates View 63 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AT
Received 5 Sept 2025St Phillips Lodge 60 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ER
Received 5 Sept 202514 Farmington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AT
Received 5 Sept 2025Evans Cycles Unit P4 Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 8 Sept 2025Evans Cycles Unit P4 Kingsditch Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PB
Received 8 Sept 202510 Greatfield Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BU
Received 8 Sept 202524A Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PL
Received 8 Sept 2025Exmouth Arms 167 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LX
Received 8 Sept 202531 Ravensgate Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NS
Received 8 Sept 2025Spring Bridge London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Sept 2025This England Publishing Ltd Unit A The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JA
Received 8 Sept 202526 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 8 Sept 202526 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 8 Sept 2025106 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Sept 20257 The Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BJ
Received 9 Sept 2025The Plough Inn Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 9 Sept 2025Land Rear Of 2 Brooksdale Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Sept 202511 Richards Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JU
Received 9 Sept 202531 The Grove Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SX
Received 10 Sept 202582 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SZ
Received 10 Sept 202512 Overbrook Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HR
Received 10 Sept 202527 Lyefield Road East Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BA
Received 10 Sept 20251 Milton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7ET
Received 10 Sept 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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