Former St Benedicts School Playing Field, Cheltenham, GL51 8LE
Approved
Council decision: Consent
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Proposal
Erection of a SEND school
- Received
- 3 November 2025
- Public comments
- 20
- Ward
- St Mark's and St Peter's Division
- Agent
- Evans Jones Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Nov
- Consult.Consultation25 Dec
- TargetTarget Date15 Jan
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application at Former St Benedicts School Playing Field, Cheltenham, GL51 8LE. Gloucestershire has handled 67 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across St Mark's and St Peter's Division. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the GL51 postcode area.
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Application details
- Postcode
- GL51 8LE
- Application type
- Cheltenham Reg 3 Major Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- District
- 25/01829/DEEM3
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Evans Jones Ltd
- Agent address
- Royal Mews St Georges Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3PQ
Planning decision
- Decision
- Consent
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 13 November 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications
- 202619 Oct
Variation of condition 13 (Site Access Works) relating to planning consent 25/0075/CHR3MJ
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/0081/CHR3MJ - 20265 Oct
Variation of condition 2 (scope of development) relating to planning consent 25/0075/CHR3MJ
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/0077/CHR3MJ - 202614 Sep
Compliance with conditions 3 ( Phase 2 Intrusive Ground Investigation ) and 13 ( Site Access Works ) relating…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/0068/COMPLI - 20253 Nov
Erection of a SEND school
This applicationApprovedFull25/0075/CHR3MJ - No date
Compliance with conditions 17 (CMP) and 19 (LEMP & BNG) relating to planning consent 25/0075/CHR3MJ
Compliance with Condition(s)Discharge of conditions26/0062/COMPLI
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