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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.
569 approved · 180 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hidden Hearing Ltd Ground To Second Floor 14 Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HE
Received 4 Mar 20265 Purbeck Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BZ
Received 4 Mar 2026Broadlands Pre School Centre Burrows Field Moorend Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EY
Received 4 Mar 20261 Heron Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HA
Received 4 Mar 2026113 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DQ
Received 4 Mar 2026Blacketts End 332 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HX
Received 4 Mar 202628 South View Way Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BN
Received 5 Mar 202678 Greatfield Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3QU
Received 5 Mar 2026Ultra Electronics Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PL
Received 5 Mar 2026Huntley Lodge 1 Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Mar 2026Huntley Lodge 1 Montpellier Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 5 Mar 2026The Nurseries Kidnappers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NR
Received 6 Mar 202667 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NY
Received 6 Mar 202650 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ER
Received 6 Mar 202614 Sir Charles Irving Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DS
Received 6 Mar 2026Rowantree 31 Farmfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RD
Received 6 Mar 202637 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PA
Received 6 Mar 2026Coxhorne Farm London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UY
Received 6 Mar 202632 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JE
Received 6 Mar 2026Home Farm Quat Goose Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RP
Received 6 Mar 202641A All Saints Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UA
Received 9 Mar 2026159 Hesters Way Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SD
Received 9 Mar 2026Galahad 14 King Arthur Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EX
Received 9 Mar 20267 Old Reddings Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SD
Received 9 Mar 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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