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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576 approved · 182 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 2 Jun 2026Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5AQ
Received 2 Jun 2026Breckenbrough 17 Sydenham Road North Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 2 Jun 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2026Holly Lodge Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PS
Received 3 Jun 202611 Lansdown Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LH
Received 3 Jun 202653 Prestbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2BY
Received 3 Jun 202624 Mead Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DT
Received 3 Jun 2026Verge Outside Byron Court Pittville Circus Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Jun 2026St Lawrence Church Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PF
Received 3 Jun 202614 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JS
Received 3 Jun 202614 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JS
Received 3 Jun 202619 Royal Parade Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AY
Received 3 Jun 2026Hewlett Reservoir Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PP
Received 3 Jun 20261 Ledmore Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8RA
Received 4 Jun 202615 Radnor Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JN
Received 4 Jun 202643 Campion Park Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3WA
Received 4 Jun 2026Camden Villa Clarence Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AU
Received 4 Jun 2026Camden Villa Clarence Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AU
Received 4 Jun 20265 Copt Elm Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AD
Received 4 Jun 202628 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BU
Received 4 Jun 202634 Finchcroft Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5BG
Received 4 Jun 202618 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 5 Jun 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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