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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577 approved · 182 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Queens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LR
Received 12 Jun 202610 Albany Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UL
Received 12 Jun 202652 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6EF
Received 12 Jun 2026340 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JF
Received 12 Jun 2026Harcourt Selkirk Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QN
Received 15 Jun 202616B Lansdown Place Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2LB
Received 15 Jun 202631 Overbrook Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3HR
Received 15 Jun 2026Euro Park Car Park St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Jun 202623 Oldbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0HH
Received 15 Jun 2026Bournside School Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EF
Received 15 Jun 20265 Oakfield Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UJ
Received 15 Jun 2026Oakley Farm Priors Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Jun 202610 Bafford Approach Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9HP
Received 15 Jun 20268 Brandon Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HE
Received 16 Jun 2026The Yard Exmouth Court 1 Exmouth Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NR
Received 16 Jun 2026Regent Arcade Regent Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jun 2026Flat Above 13 Bennington Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4EA
Received 16 Jun 20268 Kings Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6BG
Received 17 Jun 2026108 Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7DB
Received 17 Jun 202663 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EP
Received 17 Jun 2026Land Rear Beaufort Arms London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jun 2026The Coach House Cirencester Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8DY
Received 17 Jun 202618 Pilford Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EH
Received 18 Jun 2026Waterside Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BJ
Received 18 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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