Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
579 approved · 184 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cheltenham Violins 7 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 8 Jul 2026Cheltenham Violins 7 Henrietta Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4AA
Received 8 Jul 2026Westmoreland House 80 - 86 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7JT
Received 8 Jul 20264 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AS
Received 8 Jul 2026372 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JZ
Received 9 Jul 202614 Royal Parade Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jul 202620 Linden Close Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DU
Received 9 Jul 2026The Folley Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 10 Jul 20266 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 13 Jul 20266 Park Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2QR
Received 13 Jul 202635 Harvest Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3PG
Received 13 Jul 20265 Merriville Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8JD
Received 13 Jul 2026Unit 23 Lansdown Industrial Estate Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8PL
Received 13 Jul 2026The Stables 2 Parabola Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AN
Received 13 Jul 2026Lawn House 11 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6EX
Received 13 Jul 2026288 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AG
Received 13 Jul 2026Fiddlers Green Lodge Pheasant Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0XX
Received 13 Jul 2026Richmond Village Hatherley Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6PN
Received 13 Jul 202653 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 13 Jul 20266 Bafford Grove Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9JE
Received 13 Jul 2026Land Opposite Longleat Swindon Hall Grounds Church Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jul 2026Adey Ltd Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 13 Jul 202610 Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2QX
Received 13 Jul 2026Phase 2 Land At Old Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 14 Jul 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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