86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW
Approved on 17 August 2026
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)20 conditions
Proposal
Demolition of the vacant property at 86-90 Winchcombe Street and the redevelopment of the site to provide 19 residential dwellings across two buildings, together with associated amenity space, cycle parking, and bin storage provision.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 20
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- Pittville
- Agent
- Coombes Everitt Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Jun
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Aug
Decided in 214 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW. Cheltenham has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 days, 29 weeks longer than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 4 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.
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
- GL52 2NW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 19
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 1 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Coombes Everitt Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- COOMBES EVERITT ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 105-107 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 22 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14577422
- Documents
- 74
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 92 and 94 With Attached Walls and Gate PiersOn or next to this site
- Brownfield land register: Chapel Spa, North PlaceRegister 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 (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.
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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.
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- 20262 Sep
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202313 Jul
Change of use of first and second floors from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to residential…
ApprovedPrior Approval Determination23/01200/PRIOR - 202313 Apr
Change of use from Use Class E (commercial, business and services) to Use Class C3 (residential)
RefusedPrior Approval Determination23/00627/PRIOR
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