Planning application
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
As per the attached Report - T357 Horsechestnut - crown height reduction of 2m max, pruning in accordance with BS3998:2010.
As published by the council, reference 26/00183/CACN
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00183/CACN
- Type
- Conservation Area Notification
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- No objection raised
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- College
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL53 7LD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheltenham register
This site has had 29 applications since 2018: 25 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00874/CACN Decided
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Five day notice. Proposed works to a lime: shorten one limb of the lime by approx. 4 meters, the ash is to be removed.
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26/00440/DISCON Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Discharge of informative 2 (biodiversity net gain condition) of granted permisison 26/00013/FUL.
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26/00378/DISCON Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Discharge of conditions 5 (habitat and biodiversity enhancement scheme) of planning permission 26/00013/FUL.
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26/00182/CACN Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
T164-Hornbeam and T163-Sycamore. Remove.
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26/00013/FUL Awaiting decision
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Installation of additional cricket practice nets with associated surfacing and extended area of artificial turf serving existing cricket nets at College Field.
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25/01813/CACN Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
T298- London Plane as per attached location map - Crown thinning and shaping to remove large and potentially weakly attached regrowth around previously made (historic) pruning wounds in upper crown. Retain some of the regrowth to help reshape crown.
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25/01811/CACN Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Remove a live limb from Lime T111 (as per the map enclosed) above the cavity.
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25/01780/CACN Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
T67- Remove poplar tree.
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25/01772/CACN Granted
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
T129 Norway Maple - remove tree and replant with suitable replacement.
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25/01635/LBC Status unknown
Cheltenham College 138 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD
Internal and roof level works to and above the administrative office (revised scheme/part retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Cheltenham
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5 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Feb 2026
Decision issued: No objection raised
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27 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Cheltenham College Applicant
8 applications on PlanIndex
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4 documents on file for this application
- Application form
- Tree plan
- Aerial view plan
- Arboricultural implications
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cheltenham granted permission on 5 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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