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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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenfields 35 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 7 Oct 2025Greenfields 35 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 7 Oct 202556 Joyner Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0UR
Received 8 Oct 2025Lyndale Moorend Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EX
Received 8 Oct 2025Eslington Mews Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 8 Oct 2025Pine Lodge 66A Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AW
Received 8 Oct 202557 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AN
Received 8 Oct 202510 Draycot Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6LZ
Received 9 Oct 202550 Turkdean Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AL
Received 9 Oct 2025Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Received 9 Oct 2025Gloucestershire County Council Cheltenham Library Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JT
Received 9 Oct 202585 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TR
Received 9 Oct 2025134 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TT
Received 9 Oct 202530 Whaddon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NA
Received 9 Oct 202583 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 9 Oct 202516 Croft Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LA
Received 9 Oct 2025312 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AP
Received 9 Oct 2025Barcares 21C Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 9 Oct 202518 - 19 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 10 Oct 2025Cumberland Lawn Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TF
Received 10 Oct 2025Embankment Of Wymans Brook South Of Manor Court Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Oct 2025Imperial Garden Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Oct 20254 Roberts Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5DF
Received 10 Oct 2025Century Court Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 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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