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Hardwick Campus St Pauls Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4BS

23/00434/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 May 2023

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations.

Received
15 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
St Pauls
Agent
Sutton Cox Architects
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hardwick Campus St Pauls Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 4BS. Cheltenham has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 2 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Matlock Bath conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across St Pauls. We hold 2,075 applications in total for the GL50 postcode area.

94% of full 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 4BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2023
Consultation expiry
20 April 2023
Consultation start
21 March 2023
Consultation end
11 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 April 2023
Last date for comments
20 April 2023
Target decision date
11 May 2023
Permission expires
4 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sutton Cox Architects
Agent address
114 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 March 2023
Site notice end
20 April 2023

Appeal history

3327344
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 April 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal
3325752
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3326923
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 September 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11937393
Documents
13
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: St Pauls Ward
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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