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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579 approved · 187 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
90 Evesham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2AH
Received 4 Aug 2026Car Park North Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4DW
Received 4 Aug 202632 Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6LB
Received 5 Aug 2026Lloyds Bank 130 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EW
Received 5 Aug 2026Lloyds Bank 130 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EW
Received 5 Aug 2026Whittington House Nursing Home 58 Whittington Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6BL
Received 5 Aug 2026East Lodge 66 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6QL
Received 5 Aug 202621 Courtenay Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LR
Received 5 Aug 20266 Greenway Park Greenway Lane Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HQ
Received 5 Aug 2026Land At West Cheltenham Southern Parcel Fiddlers Green Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 6 Aug 20264 Brickfield Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8PN
Received 6 Aug 202649 All Saints Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HF
Received 6 Aug 202667 London Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HF
Received 6 Aug 2026Sue Ryder Care Centre Leckhampton Court Church Road Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0QJ
Received 6 Aug 2026The Vine 40 Church Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AR
Received 6 Aug 202612 Battledown Close Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6RD
Received 6 Aug 202612 Bouncers Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5JF
Received 6 Aug 202641 Cottage Rake Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4RH
Received 6 Aug 2026The Garden House West Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4LB
Received 7 Aug 202614 Lansdown Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2HU
Received 7 Aug 2026Maidenham Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3BG
Received 7 Aug 2026277 London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YG
Received 7 Aug 202644 Gratton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2BY
Received 7 Aug 202636 Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HG
Received 10 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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