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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.
576 approved · 181 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Buckles Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QT
Received 22 May 2026116 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW
Received 22 May 2026116 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW
Received 22 May 2026Viyella 82 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 22 May 202617 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PA
Received 26 May 202667 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HF
Received 26 May 202650 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ER
Received 26 May 202650 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2ER
Received 26 May 202616 Victoria Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BN
Received 26 May 202675 St Georges Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DU
Received 26 May 2026Little Oakley 57 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SA
Received 26 May 2026Flat 2 5 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DR
Received 26 May 2026Flat 2 5 Suffolk Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2DR
Received 26 May 2026Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 26 May 20261 Culross Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NF
Received 26 May 20265 Deep Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AW
Received 26 May 20268 Warwick Crescent Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YZ
Received 26 May 2026Pittville Pump Room East Approach Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JE
Received 26 May 202683 Kingscote Road West Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6JP
Received 27 May 20266 Saville Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NE
Received 27 May 2026Shell Service Station Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7PA
Received 27 May 2026Mayflower 7 Glenfall Way Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YQ
Received 27 May 2026Michael Dene Badgeworth Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SJ
Received 28 May 2026Novello 7 Suffolk Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2AB
Received 28 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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