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88 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EG

22/02094/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 7 March 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a change of use of ancillary retail space above business unit (Class E) into a 1 bedroom flat. The proposal is for a change of use under Part 3, Schedule 2, Class G of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Received
25 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
College
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 96 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 88 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1EG. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 102 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College. We hold 2,077 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 1EG
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2022
Consultation expiry
12 January 2023
Consultation start
13 December 2022
Consultation end
3 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 January 2023
Last date for comments
12 January 2023
Target decision date
26 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 December 2022
Site notice start
22 December 2022
Site notice end
12 January 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11711261
Documents
23
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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