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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526 approved · 160 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 13 Oct 202530 Victoria Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2ES
Received 13 Oct 2025Westbourne House Westbourne Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Oct 20254A Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EU
Received 13 Oct 202524 Pilford Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EH
Received 13 Oct 20252 Charlton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AA
Received 13 Oct 20252 Charlton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AA
Received 13 Oct 2025Cedar House 20B Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 14 Oct 2025107 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DA
Received 14 Oct 202583B Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LH
Received 14 Oct 202573 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JB
Received 15 Oct 202545 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 15 Oct 202515 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Oct 2025Park House 39 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Oct 2025404 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7TB
Received 15 Oct 2025The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Oct 20255 Priory Mews Sidney Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DJ
Received 16 Oct 2025Dean Close School Shelburne Road Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE
Received 16 Oct 2025The Coach House Ashford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QZ
Received 16 Oct 20253 Rochester Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DJ
Received 16 Oct 202568 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Received 16 Oct 202520 Kingscote Road East Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JS
Received 16 Oct 20252 Robinia Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8PR
Received 16 Oct 20253 Bafford Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9JE
Received 16 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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