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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575 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Charlton Park Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DJ
Received 15 Apr 2026The Coach House 64 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AZ
Received 15 Apr 202628 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QZ
Received 15 Apr 2026Russell&Bromley 100 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB
Received 15 Apr 2026Buildbase Ltd Chosen View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LT
Received 15 Apr 2026Buildbase Ltd Chosen View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LT
Received 15 Apr 2026Buildbase Ltd Chosen View Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LT
Received 15 Apr 2026Springfield Lawn 33 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SD
Received 15 Apr 202638 St Lukes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JJ
Received 15 Apr 2026Brecon House Charlton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NE
Received 16 Apr 2026HSBC 2 - 4 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 16 Apr 2026HSBC 2 - 4 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1LR
Received 16 Apr 202685 Cleevemount Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HD
Received 16 Apr 202640A Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7EZ
Received 16 Apr 202628 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2SG
Received 16 Apr 202684 Rosehill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6SJ
Received 16 Apr 2026Cotswold Orthodontics 145 Hales Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TD
Received 16 Apr 2026Askham Court Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Apr 202633 Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NN
Received 16 Apr 202623 Princes Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TX
Received 17 Apr 2026All Saints Court All Saints Villas Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2026Wellington Place London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Apr 2026Kentmere 27 Charlton Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DH
Received 17 Apr 202615 Moorend Glade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AT
Received 17 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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