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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575 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Junction With Warden Hill Road Castanum Court Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Apr 2026Land At Shurdington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Apr 202616 Lyefield Road East Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AY
Received 29 Apr 20268 Castlefields Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YW
Received 29 Apr 202623 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HX
Received 29 Apr 2026Flat 2 19 St Pauls Street South Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AW
Received 29 Apr 202616 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 30 Apr 2026Leckhampton Village Hall Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PR
Received 30 Apr 2026Leckhampton Village Hall Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PR
Received 30 Apr 202612 Shaw Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BP
Received 30 Apr 20263 School Mead Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8AD
Received 30 Apr 202613 Lypiatt Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SX
Received 30 Apr 202640 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QT
Received 30 Apr 2026Chapel House 296 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HQ
Received 30 Apr 2026Chapel House 296 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3HQ
Received 30 Apr 20264 Yeldham Mews Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JZ
Received 30 Apr 202656 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AL
Received 30 Apr 202635 Moorend Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0EH
Received 30 Apr 2026Briarfields Hotel And Touring Park Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0SX
Received 30 Apr 2026Kingston Overton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Apr 2026Deerhurst Stanley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QD
Received 30 Apr 2026Unit 1 Cheltenham Trade Park Enterprise Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LZ
Received 1 May 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 1 May 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 1 May 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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