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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577 approved · 183 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Morningside Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BY
Received 23 Jun 2026200 Hatherley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6ET
Received 23 Jun 20262 Morningside Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BY
Received 23 Jun 202677 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1PJ
Received 23 Jun 2026Radella 5 Thorncliffe Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PY
Received 24 Jun 20261 Swindon Hall Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9QR
Received 24 Jun 202662 Salisbury Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BU
Received 24 Jun 202628 Rivelands Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RF
Received 24 Jun 2026Hadley House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AW
Received 25 Jun 202610 Old Reddings Close The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6SD
Received 25 Jun 2026Land To The Right Of Redgrove Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Jun 2026Land And Garages Adjacent Morningside Courtyard Idsall Drive Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 25 Jun 2026Regent House 65 Rodney Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1HX
Received 25 Jun 202613 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 25 Jun 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Jun 2026Unit 2 Chiltern Road Business Park Chiltern Road Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JS
Received 26 Jun 2026Camden Villa Clarence Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AU
Received 26 Jun 202652 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AS
Received 26 Jun 2026Unit C Kingsditch Trading Estate Malmesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PL
Received 26 Jun 2026Cedar House 6 Courtfield Drive Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6XW
Received 26 Jun 20268B Briarbank Rise Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6XR
Received 26 Jun 2026Broadlands Lodge 56 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 26 Jun 202653 Sandy Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DG
Received 29 Jun 2026Broadlands Lodge 56 The Park Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 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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