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197 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DS

23/02053/CLPUDCertificate of Lawful Use - Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Certificate of Lawful Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of rear dormer and hip to gable conversion to facilitate loft conversion

Received
4 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
College
Agent
VJM Design House Ltd
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 2 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 197 Old Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7DS. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across College. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the GL53 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
GL53 7DS
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Target decision date
30 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
VJM Design House Ltd
Architect profile
VJM DESIGN HOUSE LIMITED
Agent address
26 Whaddon Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 5NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12647050
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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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