Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
567 approved · 180 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Bryony Bank Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PZ
Received 12 Feb 202665 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ
Received 12 Feb 2026295A - 299 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 12 Feb 202642 Lichfield Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DR
Received 12 Feb 2026Pittville School Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JD
Received 12 Feb 2026British Red Cross Book Shop 200 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NE
Received 13 Feb 2026Kemble Brewery Inn Fairview Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2JF
Received 13 Feb 2026Two Pigs Church Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HA
Received 13 Feb 2026Two Pigs Church Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HA
Received 13 Feb 2026St Aidans Church Hall St Aidans Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Feb 202610 Halland Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DJ
Received 13 Feb 202610 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BD
Received 13 Feb 2026Montpellier House Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Feb 202614 Chase Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YU
Received 13 Feb 20267 The Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BJ
Received 13 Feb 2026Stanhope House 15 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Feb 202632 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 16 Feb 2026Cobblers Corner 202 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HD
Received 16 Feb 202684 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EU
Received 16 Feb 2026Suffolk Mews Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Feb 20264 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PB
Received 16 Feb 20265 Arle Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Feb 202689 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EX
Received 17 Feb 2026All Saints Church All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2EY
Received 17 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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