Cheltenham planning news
Cheltenham planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Cheltenham local plan consultation opens on 16 November
The final consultation on the plan for 43,879 homes runs from 16 November to 4pm on 31 December. There is a drop-in at Regent Arcade on 27 November.
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Cheltenham conservation areas: have your say by 11 December
Cheltenham's conservation area guidance is being rewritten, and Park Lane in Prestbury could become a new area. Comments close at 11.59pm on 11 December.
Planning
Cheltenham local plan: where the 43,879 homes would go
The final draft plan names Cheltenham's housing sites, from 2,500 homes north west of the town to 271 at Cavendish House. Comments run from 16 November to 31 December.
Planning
Cheltenham Local Plan Delayed: Now Due by 31 March 2027
The plan naming Cheltenham's housing sites now goes to government by 31 March 2027. Council votes slip past October; the consultation must end by 31 December.
Housing
Arle Nursery homes: work starts on 171, 92 for social rent
Bromford has started 171 homes off Old Gloucester Road, 114 of them affordable. The first are due in autumn 2027 and the whole site by winter 2029.
Business
Popeyes Cheltenham: bid to take Taco Bell's High Street unit
Cheltenham council approved Popeyes' signs for 211 High Street, the Taco Bell unit next to Primark, on 6 November. No opening date yet. Updated November 2026.
Planning
Glenfall Way homes refused on appeal, but the inspector's figures warn of more bids
An inspector has thrown out four homes on the Glenfall Way field in Charlton Kings. The landscape won, but only after he set out a 2.69-year land supply.
Planning
Cheltenham Green Belt vote: nine questions on the evidence
Campaigners ask when the Green Belt review and site-selection evidence will be published. The plan's evidence page holds nothing newer than November 2025.
Planning
Cheltenham Green Belt: 750 homes and an October plan vote
Councillors approve the plan that allocates sites in October, and its published Green Belt evidence dates from 2011. Residents want alternatives tested first.
Planning
Prestbury scout hut plan: new hall, comments close 22 Sept
1st Prestbury Scouts want a second 70 square metre hall for a group at its biggest in over 30 years. Comments close 22 September, and nobody has objected.
Planning
Hesters Way garden plan: 17 trees on old St Aidan's site
Plans for a community garden on the old St Aidan's church site in Hesters Way are back: 17 new trees, an 85 sq m hub building, and comments open until 1 September.
Housing
Oakley Farm: 158 of the 250 new homes will be affordable
Nearly two thirds of the 250 homes going up off Harp Hill will be affordable: 53 social rent, 51 affordable rent, 54 shared ownership, with the first due this autumn.