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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.
584 approved · 188 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherry Court 2 Leyson Road The Reddings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6RU
Received 7 Oct 20268 Seneca Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4SG
Received 7 Oct 202645 Tivoli Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2TD
Received 7 Oct 2026Hill House Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 7 Oct 2026Corinth House 117 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LS
Received 7 Oct 2026Hadley House Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3AW
Received 7 Oct 2026Pegasus Court St Stephens Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GB
Received 7 Oct 2026Former Honeybourne Line Honeybourne Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Oct 2026Hazelwood Tudor Lodge Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Oct 2026320 Swindon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9JT
Received 8 Oct 202620 The Oaks Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3TS
Received 8 Oct 20261 Pinetrees Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0NB
Received 8 Oct 2026Flat 8 Albany Park Albany Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2UL
Received 8 Oct 2026Grasshopper Green Church Walk Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8BH
Received 8 Oct 2026Bucklehaven Stockton Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 8 Oct 202674 Suffolk Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2SZ
Received 8 Oct 20266 St Stephens Manor Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3GF
Received 8 Oct 202630 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BB
Received 8 Oct 2026141 Hewlett Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6TS
Received 8 Oct 2026Ashfield House Bayshill Lane Bayshill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Oct 202615 Charlton Park Gate Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DJ
Received 9 Oct 2026Park House Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Received 9 Oct 2026Prinbox Works Lypiatt Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Received 9 Oct 202610 Ariel Lodge Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2TA
Received 9 Oct 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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