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86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW

Refused Cheltenham 23/00627/PRIOR Prior Approval Determination

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from Use Class E (commercial, business and services) to Use Class C3 (residential)

As published by the council, reference 23/00627/PRIOR

Application record

Reference
23/00627/PRIOR
Type
Prior Approval Determination
Status
Rejected
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal Notification of Prior Approval
Received
13 Apr 2023
Validated
14 Apr 2023
Decided
30 May 2023
Ward
Pittville
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
GL52 2NW

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cheltenham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/01393/DISCON Status unknown

    86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW

    Discharge of condition 3 (contaminated land), 4 (construction management plan), 5 (waste management plan), 6 (biodiversity enhancements), 9 (materials), 10 (design details), 20 (piling details) of planning permission 25/02051/FUL.

    Submitted 1 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02051/FUL Granted

    86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW

    Demolition of the vacant property at 86-90 Winchcombe Street and the redevelopment of the site to provide 19 residential dwellings across two buildings, together with associated amenity space, cycle parking, and bin storage provision.

    Decided 17 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Apr 2023

    Received by Cheltenham

  2. 14 Apr 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 30 May 2023

    Decision issued: Refusal Notification of Prior Approval

  4. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

SF Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cheltenham

Active · incorporated 2007 · Cheltenham

285 applications on PlanIndex · across 28 councils · 87% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Cheltenham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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