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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575 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 1 May 202626 Naunton Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DQ
Received 1 May 20267 Mornington Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BH
Received 1 May 202676 Sheldons Court Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NR
Received 1 May 202643 Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AG
Received 5 May 2026Cedar House 20B Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 5 May 202641 Roman Hackle Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RF
Received 5 May 20266 Manor Park Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3HU
Received 5 May 202619 Campden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AA
Received 5 May 20262 Campden Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6AA
Received 5 May 202610 Little Herberts Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LZ
Received 5 May 202640 Arle Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8HR
Received 5 May 2026Pittville Pump Room East Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JE
Received 5 May 2026The Pines 22 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 May 2026Vodaphone Telecommunications Mast 60360 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 May 2026Windyridge Daisy Bank Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9QQ
Received 6 May 2026185 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DW
Received 6 May 202626 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1QZ
Received 6 May 202612 Willowherb Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5LP
Received 6 May 2026Green Acre Spring Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BW
Received 7 May 20264 Charnwood Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0HJ
Received 7 May 20266 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2PT
Received 7 May 2026187 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AD
Received 7 May 2026Barclays 128 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EG
Received 7 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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