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456 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JA

23/00625/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2025

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee

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Proposal

Full planning application for the redevelopment to provide a residential development of 18no. apartments (12no. one bed and 6no. two bed) contained within two blocks, following demolition of an existing commercial building

Received
13 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
30
Ward
St Peters
Agent
Zesta Planning Ltd
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 658 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 456 High Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JA. Cheltenham has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 659 days, 89 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across St Peters. 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 3JA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
18

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2023
Consultation expiry
10 November 2023
Consultation start
5 September 2023
Consultation end
10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 October 2023
Last date for comments
1 November 2023
Target decision date
14 July 2023
Committee meeting
30 May 2024
Permission expires
31 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Zesta Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Site Chosen View Road Cheltenham GL51 9LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2023
Site notice start
11 October 2023
Site notice end
1 November 2023

Appeal history

3341974
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 October 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3329065
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 December 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12077390
Documents
58
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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