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4 Southcourt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BT

26/00176/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension.

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Leckhampton
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Southcourt Drive Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 0BT. Cheltenham has handled 1,139 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 3 weeks 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 1,445 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 0BT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leckhampton With Warden Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
1 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cheltenham Drafting
Agent address
31 Bournside Road Cheltenham GL51 3AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 February 2026
Site notice end
19 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14671184
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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