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.
575 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Oakland Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EP
Received 22 Apr 202635 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BT
Received 22 Apr 2026Mountview 3 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Apr 202615 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BS
Received 23 Apr 202615 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BS
Received 23 Apr 202615 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9BS
Received 23 Apr 2026101 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DA
Received 23 Apr 2026Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 23 Apr 202619 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QE
Received 23 Apr 202611 Hazlewood Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3RX
Received 23 Apr 2026329 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DF
Received 24 Apr 202649 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HE
Received 24 Apr 202627 Hartbury Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0NZ
Received 24 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To The Paddocks Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 24 Apr 20268 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 24 Apr 20268 Arle Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HT
Received 27 Apr 2026Avenue Lodge Chargrove Lane Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LD
Received 27 Apr 2026Garden Flat 19 Lansdown Place Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LB
Received 28 Apr 202624 Apple Orchard Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3EH
Received 28 Apr 202627 Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PS
Received 28 Apr 2026Cheltenham Ladies College Well Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PJ
Received 28 Apr 2026Slate Clothing 10 - 11 Montpellier Walk Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SD
Received 28 Apr 2026Phase 2 Land At Old Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 28 Apr 20266 Undercliff Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AB
Received 28 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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