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525 approved · 156 refused · 213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
106 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Sept 2025106 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Sept 2025106 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Sept 2025106 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 3 Sept 20251 Fairview Court Fairview Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2EX
Received 3 Sept 20257 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TB
Received 3 Sept 202574 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TW
Received 3 Sept 202583 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 3 Sept 202544 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AD
Received 3 Sept 2025Regency Gardens Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Sept 202511 Westal Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BL
Received 3 Sept 2025Circus Day Nursery Haddo Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2PZ
Received 4 Sept 202530A Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SE
Received 4 Sept 202518 Harrington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6ER
Received 4 Sept 20257 Old Reddings Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SD
Received 4 Sept 20252 Mornington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BH
Received 4 Sept 2025Demolished Former 1 Balcarras Retreat Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 4 Sept 202512 Highland Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9LT
Received 4 Sept 2025Trotwood Cottage 9 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TB
Received 4 Sept 202566 Mendip Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5EF
Received 4 Sept 20255 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AX
Received 5 Sept 2025Mitford Lodge Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TF
Received 5 Sept 20255 The Gryphons Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2GB
Received 5 Sept 20254 St Pauls Street North Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AQ
Received 5 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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