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15 Treelands Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0DF
Proposed rear conservatory.
Cubs Lawn Ashley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QE
2 x mature horse chestnut trees, proposed works 10% height reduction and deadwood removal to maintain tree health and prevent future structural damage from root systems.
Land Adjoining Leckhampton Farm Court Farm Lane Leckhampton Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Discharge of conditions 3 (Drainage), 4 (CEMP), 5 (LEMP), 6 (CMP), 7 (Site Investigation), 8 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 9 (Arboricultural Statement), 10 (Arboricultural Monitoring), 11 (LMMP), 12 (E
18 Elliott Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3NH
Front porch and single storey rear extension.
4 Kerstin Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4SA
Replacement of windows with patio doors at rear elevation (retrospective).
2 Charlton Lawn Cudnall Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AA
Variation of condition 4.(windows) of Listed Building Consent 25/01657/LBC.
4 Copt Elm Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8AB
Proposed two storey and single storey side/rear extension to include removal of existing conservatory/detached garage.
St Marys Church Mill Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire
T1 Lawson Cypress - remove dead vertical stems x 4 down to stem base. Height reduction of 2.5m to remaining stems to alleviate wind and weight loading, as indicated in red on image.
22 Chase Avenue Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6YU
Installation of a new drop kerb and permeable resin hardstanding.
39 Naunton Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7BD
T1 Olive - Crown Reduction Works Specification to include a height reduction of 1.2m and spread by 0.15m, cutting back to strong suitable secondary growth. Shape and balance, new shape indicated in re
23 Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JP
Proposed single-storey rear extension at lower ground floor level, associated internal alterations and reconfiguration, and associated external works.
86 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 25/01750/FUL - approval sought for change of external wall finish to render, to match existing house, together with roofing material
86 Keynsham Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7PX
Single storey rear extension (revised scheme)
23 Clarence Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4JP
Proposed single-storey rear extension at lower ground floor level, associated internal alterations and reconfiguration, and associated external works.
Abbotsford 24 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7QD
Erection of garage with first floor office/study, following removal of existing garage.
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When Cheltenham Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Cheltenham Borough Council, raw rate
31.3%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.4%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
0.9 percentage points above expected. Cheltenham Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
213 appeals counted, 208 judged either way (65 allowed, 143 dismissed), 5 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-05.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 101 | 101 | 38 | 37.6% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 53 | 53 | 16 | 30.2% | 35.6% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 19 | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 33.3% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 12 | 10 | 2 | 20% | 36% |
| Enforcement Notice | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 13.5% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 25% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 4 | 4 | 2 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 2 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 25.2% |
| High Hedges | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Tree Preservation Order | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Cheltenham Borough Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Cheltenham Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Cheltenham Borough Council planning portal.
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