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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525 approved · 157 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brightlands Day Nursery 107 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ED
Received 10 Sept 202523 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EY
Received 10 Sept 20256 St Georges Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AF
Received 10 Sept 2025Vodafone (34174) Rooftop Oriel House Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XP
Received 11 Sept 2025Westerland Oakley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PA
Received 11 Sept 202535 Welch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0EA
Received 11 Sept 20254 St Pauls Street North Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AQ
Received 12 Sept 202515 Moorend Glade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AT
Received 15 Sept 202553 Royal Well Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ET
Received 15 Sept 202553 Royal Well Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3ET
Received 15 Sept 202518 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JS
Received 15 Sept 2025232 Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5HN
Received 15 Sept 20256 St Lawrence Court Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9FP
Received 15 Sept 202542 Croft Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LG
Received 15 Sept 2025131 Caernarvon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LJ
Received 15 Sept 2025Thames Lodge 31 All Saints Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HB
Received 15 Sept 202519 Tivoli Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UW
Received 16 Sept 20259 Pentathlon Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4SE
Received 16 Sept 2025193 Arle Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LS
Received 16 Sept 202568 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SS
Received 16 Sept 2025East Lodge 66 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QL
Received 16 Sept 202517 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AB
Received 17 Sept 2025Middle Mews Cottage Marston Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JQ
Received 17 Sept 2025The Hide Victoria Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BN
Received 17 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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