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86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW

23/01200/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) use to provide 5 no. apartments

Received
13 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Pittville
Agent
SF Planning Limited
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 62 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 4 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Pittville. We hold 1,672 applications in total for the GL52 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
GL52 2NW
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2023
Consultation expiry
26 September 2023
Consultation start
5 September 2023
Consultation end
26 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2023
Last date for comments
26 September 2023
Target decision date
8 September 2023
Decision issued
15 September 2023
Permission expires
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 August 2023
Site notice start
10 August 2023
Site notice end
31 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12286998
Documents
14
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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