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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.
579 approved · 184 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Langdale Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LY
Received 14 Jul 2026The Clarks Shop 191 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DE
Received 14 Jul 2026The Clarks Shop 191 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1DE
Received 14 Jul 20263 Hewlett Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6DQ
Received 14 Jul 20261 Battledown Priors Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RB
Received 14 Jul 2026Kingfisher Flooring Ltd 219 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NA
Received 15 Jul 202630 Marle Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LW
Received 15 Jul 2026Car Park Edinburgh Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 15 Jul 2026Cleeve Corner 25 High Street Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3AR
Received 15 Jul 2026Charlton Kings Care Home Moorend Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9AX
Received 16 Jul 20263 Gravel Pitt Cottages London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YS
Received 16 Jul 2026Oriel House Oriel Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 16 Jul 2026Nazareth House London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YJ
Received 16 Jul 2026Unit 1 To Unit 2 King Alfred Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QP
Received 16 Jul 2026Wymans Brook Dental Practice 1 Wymans Court Windyridge Gardens Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4TE
Received 16 Jul 202674 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TW
Received 16 Jul 202674 Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TW
Received 16 Jul 202625 Whaddon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5LZ
Received 16 Jul 20261 Andover Terrace Andover Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UT
Received 16 Jul 2026Roselands 28 Eldorado Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jul 2026Verge Outside 10 Pittville Lawn Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 17 Jul 20268 Albert Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HW
Received 17 Jul 20263 Whitethorn Cottages Dark Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RW
Received 17 Jul 202661 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NJ
Received 20 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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