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Leckhampton Post Office 149 - 151 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AD

15/01561/CLPUDCertificate of Lawful Use - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 September 2015

Council decision: Certificate of Lawful Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from storage to a self-contained studio apartment, Ground floor area to remain as a convenience store

Received
3 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Leckhampton
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 7 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Leckhampton Post Office 149 - 151 Leckhampton Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0AD. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Leckhampton. We hold 1,445 applications in total for the GL53 postcode area.

92% of outline applications at Cheltenham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL53 0AD
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leckhampton With Warden Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2015
Target decision date
30 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cheltenham

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