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37 - 39 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LZ

25/01540/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 October 2025

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Approval application under class MA of the GPDO for a change of use of the second floor of 37-39 Winchcombe Street from a Class E commercial use into a (one bedroom, two person) flat, together with provision of suitable cycle and refuse storage.

Received
25 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
All Saints
Agent
Evans Jones Ltd
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 37 - 39 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2LZ. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across All Saints. 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 2LZ
Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Consultation expiry
30 October 2025
Consultation start
29 September 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2025
Last date for comments
30 October 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025
Permission expires
31 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evans Jones Ltd
Agent address
Royal Mews St Georges Place Cheltenham GL50 3PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2025
Site notice start
9 October 2025
Site notice end
30 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14216507
Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: 33 - 35 Albion StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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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