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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.
526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lawn House 11 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 3 Oct 2025Lawn House 11 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 3 Oct 202516 Festival Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DN
Received 3 Oct 202510 Lypiatt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QP
Received 3 Oct 2025All Saints Academy Blaisdon Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0WH
Received 3 Oct 202512 Westal Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BL
Received 3 Oct 2025University Of Gloucestershire The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RH
Received 6 Oct 202546 Upper Park Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SB
Received 6 Oct 20252 The Old Surgery Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DD
Received 6 Oct 20254 Purbeck Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DA
Received 6 Oct 202558 - 60 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6AH
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 6 Oct 2025Alexander House 16 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TG
Received 6 Oct 202512 Southern Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AW
Received 7 Oct 202530 Sandford Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JR
Received 7 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 7 Oct 2025Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 7 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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