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Orchard Farm Bentham Lane Bentham Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 4TZ

25/00929/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Replacement of existing barn with a new barn for the purposes of agriculture and general storage.

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Badgeworth
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Orchard Farm Bentham Lane Bentham Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 4TZ. Tewkesbury has handled 611 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Tewkesbury's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Badgeworth. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the GL51 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Tewkesbury Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL51 4TZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Badgeworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 February 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
15 February 2026
Last date for comments
15 February 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Site Chosen View Road Cheltenham GL51 9LT Zesta Planning

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Appeal history

3374942
Split Decision
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 January 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal
3370489
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 November 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14490726
Documents
10
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Tewkesbury
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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: Tewkesbury

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