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44 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HH

25/01684/CLPUDCertificate of Lawful Use - Proposed UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Lawful Proposed UseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, loft conversion and front porch.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pittville
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 57 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 44 Selkirk Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2HH. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 11 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed rear extension would benefit from the general planning permission granted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and would be lawful development. However, the proposed would require the benefit of planning permission as the dwelling is situated within a conservation area (article 2(3) land). Additionally, the overall height of the porch would exceed 3 metres and would also require planning permission. As such, on this occasion, a lawful development certificate cannot be issued.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GL52 2HH
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Target decision date
5 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Apr

    Ground floor rear kitchen single storey extension, and porch extension.

    ApprovedApplication26/00578/FUL

Source: Cheltenham

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