Cheltenham planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Cheltenham Borough Council, updated daily. Cheltenham Borough Council received 400 planning applications in the last 90 days, 2 of them major schemes. 95% of the applications it decided were approved.
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Recent applications in Cheltenham
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Winstons Wish 17 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Four-home office conversion on Royal Crescent, Cheltenham. Partial change of use from Class E offices to four dwellinghouses, with internal and external alterations, at full application stage. Fit-out, M&E rewiring, joinery and heritage glazing repairs suit local specialist trades.
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Winstons Wish 17 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA
Listed building conversion of offices to four dwellings, Cheltenham, consent stage. Converts part of a Royal Crescent office building into four homes under listed building consent. Heritage joinery, M&E and drainage installers, and period interior fit-out are the packages to pursue.
Fit-outJoineryM&E
Beefeater Premier Inn Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9SL
Premier Inn kitchen extension and stores, Cheltenham, full application. Adds a single-storey kitchen extension and two walk-in stores to an existing hotel, with external lighting, fencing and landscaping. Groundworks, masonry and roofing for the extension, plus external lighting and hard…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Rotunda Buildings Montpellier Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SX
Retractable awnings to front and rear elevations, Cheltenham, full application stage. Adds awning systems to an existing Montpellier Street building, with no change of use or new floorspace. Steel mounting brackets and awning installation suit local metalwork and shopfront specialists.
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Glenlovat Oakley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6NZ
Householder extension, dormer and roof works at Glenlovat, Oakley Road, Cheltenham. Adds a single-storey front extension, rear dormer, two first-floor roof terraces and part cladding at full application stage. Roofing slate, cladding, steel for the terrace openings and joinery for the dormer are…
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29 All Saints Terrace Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6UA
Single-storey rear extension and window replacement, Cheltenham. Adds an infill rear extension, replaces windows, and installs front railings and a gate at full application stage, with external redecoration. Glazing, brickwork and roofing packages suit local installers, while ironwork supply covers…
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95 Warden Hill Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3EE
Attic conversion with full-height rear dormer, Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham. Creates habitable roof space within an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, joinery and steel for the dormer opening lead the packages, with glazing and insulation to follow.
RoofingJoinerySteel
7 Montgomery Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3LB
First-floor rear and side extension at 7 Montgomery Road, Cheltenham. Adds upper-floor living space to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and steel for the first-floor support are the packages most likely to go to local trades.
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23 Beeches Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8NG
First-floor extension adding bedroom and bathroom, Charlton Kings, full application. Adds a first-floor bedroom and bathroom over an existing Cheltenham house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, joinery and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with drainage and bathroom plumbing…
BrickworkRoofingJoinery
9 Glenlea Grove Up Hatherley Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 5HY
Householder garage and conversion scheme, Cheltenham, full application. Builds a new detached garage, converts the existing garage and alters front and rear elevations at a single house. Groundworks for the new garage base, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages open, with flue and…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
240A London Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6HS
Two-storey householder extension scheme, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, at full application stage. Adds two-storey and single-storey extensions, a raised patio, a new garage roof and timber cladding to an existing house. Timber cladding, glazing and roofing packages suit local joiners and cladding…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
7 Hartley Close Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9DN
Householder extension replacing a conservatory in Cheltenham, with a raised roof. The scheme demolishes an existing conservatory to build a single-storey extension with increased roof height, at full planning stage. Demolition, masonry, roofing and joinery packages are open to local builders and…
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31 Chelmsford Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 3DL
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension, Cheltenham. Adds a two-storey side wing and single-storey rear addition to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks lead, with steel lintels over new openings and glazing to follow.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
76 Painswick Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2EU
Two-storey rear extension and cladding retrofit, Cheltenham householder scheme, full application. Adds rear extensions, a front dormer and porch to a Cheltenham house at full stage. Brickwork, render, cladding, aluminium glazing and heat pump groundworks suit local trades.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
54 Little Herberts Road Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8LU
Two-storey contemporary side extension, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Demolishes an existing garage and outbuildings to make way for a two-storey addition at full application stage. Demolition, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with contemporary external finishes and…
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Planning appeals in Cheltenham Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Cheltenham Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Cheltenham Borough Council, raw rate
31.3%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.4%
national rates applied to this caseload
0.9 percentage points above expected. Cheltenham Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
213 appeals counted, 208 judged either way (65 allowed, 143 dismissed), 5 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-05.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 37.6% | 28.8% | 101 | 101 | 38 |
| Householder (HAS) | 30.2% | 35.6% | 53 | 53 | 16 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 26.3% | 33.3% | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 20% | 36% | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Enforcement Notice | 0% | 13.5% | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 28.6% | 25% | 8 | 7 | 2 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawful Development Certificate | Too few judged | 36.9% | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Cheltenham Borough Council
Cheltenham Borough Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Cheltenham Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent20 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Cheltenham Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder98% (474 decided)
- other97% (158 decided)
- commercial96% (54 decided)
- residential84% (50 decided)
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