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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.
575 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Albert Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JH
Received 9 Apr 202638 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PT
Received 10 Apr 2026Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 10 Apr 20261 Moorend Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EP
Received 10 Apr 202616 Linden Avenue Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DP
Received 10 Apr 202635 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BT
Received 10 Apr 20261 Swindon Manor Manor Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9TP
Received 10 Apr 2026Pegasus Court St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GB
Received 10 Apr 2026Cheltenham Racecourse Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4SH
Received 13 Apr 202637 Paddocks Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NU
Received 13 Apr 20267 Horsefair Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8JF
Received 13 Apr 202621 Glencairn Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ND
Received 13 Apr 2026Sidney Lodge Overton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3BJ
Received 14 Apr 202668 Alma Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NB
Received 14 Apr 2026Richmond Village Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 14 Apr 202688 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NX
Received 14 Apr 202624 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 14 Apr 2026Stanmer House Lypiatt Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Apr 202669 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HF
Received 14 Apr 202629 Larput Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4HP
Received 14 Apr 2026Evergreen Bowbridge Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BJ
Received 14 Apr 2026Scrivens Ltd 60 Edinburgh Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7SA
Received 15 Apr 2026Scrivens Ltd 60 Edinburgh Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7SA
Received 15 Apr 202659 Bournside Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AL
Received 15 Apr 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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