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5 Merlin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LS

25/01726/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 December 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension and two storey side extension.

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Leckhampton
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Merlin Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0LS. Cheltenham has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 8 days longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Leckhampton. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the GL53 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
GL53 0LS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leckhampton With Warden Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
26 November 2025
Consultation start
30 October 2025
Consultation end
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2025
Last date for comments
26 November 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025
Permission expires
10 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Agent
Agent address
Unit C1 Staverton Technology Park Herrick Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14441671
Documents
9
Constraints
3

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

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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