Planning application
3 Somerset Avenue Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 8BW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Permeable driveway, electric charger point and dropped kerb.
As published by the council, reference 26/00218/CLPUD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00218/CLPUD
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use - Proposed Use
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 24 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 20 Mar 2026
- Ward
- St Marks
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL51 8BW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Cheltenham
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24 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- Officer report
- Gcc highways response
- Kerb and driveway sketch
- Site location plan
- Application form
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cheltenham granted permission on 20 March 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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