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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cheltenham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
579 approved · 187 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Manor Court Manor Road Swindon Village Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jul 2026The Pines 22 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 29 Jul 2026Unit 2 Naunton Park Industrial Estate Churchill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7EG
Received 29 Jul 202633 Byron Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7HE
Received 29 Jul 2026The Paddock Spring Lane Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BW
Received 30 Jul 2026Phase 2 Land At Old Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jul 202625 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jul 202625 Montpellier Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 30 Jul 2026Cotswold View 45 The Burgage Prestbury Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3DL
Received 30 Jul 202635 All Saints Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UA
Received 31 Jul 202615 Barrington Avenue The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TY
Received 31 Jul 202622A Moorend Park Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0JY
Received 31 Jul 202646 Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7HU
Received 31 Jul 2026McDonalds 374 Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 7AY
Received 31 Jul 2026Sandford Park House 39 - 41 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 31 Jul 202640 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HG
Received 31 Jul 2026Timbercombe Wood Timbercombe Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Aug 20262 Westbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9EW
Received 3 Aug 202664 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AE
Received 3 Aug 202664 St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3AE
Received 3 Aug 2026Brook House Belworth Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 3 Aug 2026Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Caernarvon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3BW
Received 4 Aug 2026Brecon House Charlton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NE
Received 4 Aug 2026Kohler Mira Ltd Cromwell Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5EP
Received 4 Aug 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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