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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.
565 approved · 179 refused · 229 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Larput Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HP
Received 9 Feb 202611 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HS
Received 9 Feb 20263 Pembury House Lansdown Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JX
Received 9 Feb 20263 Somerset Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8BW
Received 9 Feb 202635 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BT
Received 9 Feb 2026Ivy Cottage Ham Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NF
Received 9 Feb 2026Ivy Cottage Ham Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NF
Received 9 Feb 202640 Arle Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HR
Received 10 Feb 2026243 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YE
Received 10 Feb 2026Airthrie School 29 Christchurch Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2NY
Received 10 Feb 2026St Christophers Church And Church Hall Lincoln Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DD
Received 10 Feb 202626 All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2EZ
Received 11 Feb 202618 The Grove Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SX
Received 11 Feb 2026The Shay House Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QG
Received 11 Feb 20267 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HL
Received 11 Feb 20261 Coronation Flats Oak Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JF
Received 11 Feb 202619 Hillside Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AS
Received 11 Feb 20266 Hayes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QF
Received 11 Feb 20266 Polefield Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6DY
Received 11 Feb 2026Robert Harvey House Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NL
Received 11 Feb 2026Cheltenham General Hospital Sandford Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AN
Received 11 Feb 2026Norfolk House 8 Well Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JX
Received 12 Feb 2026153 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UD
Received 12 Feb 2026Well House Well Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Records 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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