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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525 approved · 159 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
83 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 30 Sept 202583 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1XA
Received 30 Sept 2025Broadlands Lodge 56 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RN
Received 30 Sept 2025J Sainsburys Plc Gallagher Retail Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RR
Received 30 Sept 2025J Sainsburys Plc Gallagher Retail Park Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RR
Received 30 Sept 20255 Orrisdale Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HZ
Received 30 Sept 202530 Cleeve View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NH
Received 30 Sept 202564 Hall Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HE
Received 30 Sept 2025Ground Floor Flat The Grange Malvern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JH
Received 30 Sept 202526 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PB
Received 1 Oct 2025South House 104 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 1 Oct 20251 Tudor Lodge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SN
Received 1 Oct 202522 Brunswick Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AG
Received 1 Oct 2025168 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NF
Received 1 Oct 2025Priors Piece Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BQ
Received 1 Oct 2025Steepholme Stanley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PF
Received 1 Oct 2025Dowdeswell Park London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UT
Received 2 Oct 202518 Lilac Close Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BP
Received 2 Oct 2025130A Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DP
Received 2 Oct 2025Tamworth 14 Albany Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UL
Received 2 Oct 2025Stanmer House Cottage Southwood Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QH
Received 2 Oct 202547 The Grove Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SX
Received 2 Oct 2025The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Oct 2025Former Douglas Equipment Village Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Oct 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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