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Montpellier House Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TY

22/01668/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 December 2022

Council decision: No Prior Approval NeededDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of part ground, part first, part second and part third floors from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to Residential (Class C3) to provide 21no. flats

Received
14 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
College
Agent
SF Planning Limited
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 81 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Montpellier House Montpellier Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1TY. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 7 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College. We hold 2,075 applications in total for the GL50 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
GL50 1TY
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
21

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2022
Consultation expiry
23 December 2022
Consultation start
23 November 2022
Consultation end
23 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
22 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2022
Last date for comments
14 December 2022
Target decision date
10 November 2022
Permission expires
5 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
SF Planning Limited
Agent address
12 Royal Crescent Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 October 2022
Site notice end
27 October 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11536001
Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Eagle LodgeOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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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