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British Red Cross Book Shop 200 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NE

26/00252/ADVAdvertisementApproved
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Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replacement of existing fascia signage to two adjoining British Red Cross charity shops, together with the installation of a projecting sign.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
College
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at British Red Cross Book Shop 200 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NE. Cheltenham has handled 231 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across College. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the GL53 postcode area.

89% of advertising 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 7NE
Application type
Advertisement
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
BRC
Agent address
8 Edward Street Sowerby Bridge Please Select HX6 2NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623605
Documents
10
Constraints
4

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.

Source: Cheltenham

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