Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Approved on 2 June 2026
Council decision: Allow 5 day noticeDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Five day notice. Proposed works to a lime: shorten one limb of the lime by approx. 4 meters, the ash is to be removed.
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Ward
- College
- ReceivedReceived29 May
- ValidatedValidated1 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Jun
Decided in 1 day (council typically 35)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD. Cheltenham has handled 1,724 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 5 weeks quicker than Cheltenham's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across College. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the GL53 postcode area.
99% of heritage 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 7LD
- Application type
- Conservation Area Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 July 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Sam Reader
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 1
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Central Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II*: Cheltenham College (Main Block to Road With Dining Hall and Chapel)On this site · +8 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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
11 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Jul
Installation of additional cricket practice nets with associated surfacing and extended area of artificial…
ApprovedApplication26/00013/FUL - 202616 Mar
Discharge of informative 2 (biodiversity net gain condition) of granted permisison 26/00013/FUL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/00440/DISCON - 20265 Mar
Discharge of conditions 5 (habitat and biodiversity enhancement scheme) of planning permission 26/00013/FUL
Discharge of Condition(s)Discharge of conditions26/00378/DISCON - 20263 Feb
T164-Hornbeam and T163-Sycamore. Remove.
ApprovedConservation Area Notification26/00182/CACN - 20263 Feb
As per the attached Report - T357 Horsechestnut - crown height reduction of 2m max, pruning in accordance…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification26/00183/CACN - 202511 Nov
T298- London Plane as per attached location map - Crown thinning and shaping to remove large and potentially…
ApprovedConservation Area Notification25/01813/CACN - 202511 Nov
Remove a live limb from Lime T111 (as per the map enclosed) above the cavity.
ApprovedConservation Area Notification25/01811/CACN - 20255 Nov
T67- Remove poplar tree.
ApprovedApplication25/01780/CACN - 20254 Nov
T129 Norway Maple - remove tree and replant with suitable replacement.
ApprovedApplication25/01772/CACN - 202520 Oct
Internal and roof level works to and above the administrative office (revised scheme/part retrospective).
ApprovedListed building consent25/01635/LBC - 202314 Jul
Alteration and extensions to the grade II listed Pavilion building
ApprovedListed building consent23/01219/LBC
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