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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.
577 approved · 182 refused · 230 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Charlton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AA
Received 5 Jun 202617 Albemarle Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4NG
Received 8 Jun 20263 Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AU
Received 8 Jun 2026243A Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8EB
Received 8 Jun 202623 Coniston Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NX
Received 8 Jun 2026Chilworth 5 Ariel Lodge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2TA
Received 8 Jun 20269 Ansell Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3JS
Received 8 Jun 20264 Devon Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8AP
Received 9 Jun 202614 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 9 Jun 2026The Old Nursery 1A Oxford Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DT
Received 9 Jun 202680 Stanwick Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9LH
Received 9 Jun 202614 Oak Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6JG
Received 9 Jun 20263 Brooklyn Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8LP
Received 9 Jun 2026Breckenbrough 17 Sydenham Road North Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jun 202610 Sussex Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8AW
Received 10 Jun 20262 Llandudno Villas Lypiatt Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TZ
Received 10 Jun 20267 Rippledale Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HD
Received 10 Jun 20268 Kemble Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TX
Received 10 Jun 2026Ashgrove Farm Balcarras Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8QQ
Received 10 Jun 2026177 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AD
Received 11 Jun 2026The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 Jun 202626 Collum End Rise Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0PB
Received 11 Jun 2026Holst Victorian House 4 Clarence Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AY
Received 11 Jun 2026The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 11 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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