Planning application
Unit B3 Upperfield Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9PA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use to Class E (Gymnasiums).
As published by the council, reference 26/00340/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00340/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Permit
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permit
- Received
- 26 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Swindon Village
- Parish
- Swindon
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL51 9PA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2026
Received by Cheltenham
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26 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Permit
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Permit
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Officer report
- Appendix c - marketing history summary
- Proposed parking layout and swept path analysis
- Proposed car parking vehicle movement swept paths
- Covering letter-revisions
- Appendix a - freeholder statement & lease confirmation, highways land rights
- Appendix b - formal marketing assessment letter from thp chartered surveyors po
- Appendix c - marketing history summary from ipif policy em2 (1)
- Response from highways
- Letter from foundry gym franchise
- Letter from applicant
- Response to gloucestershire highways authority
- Proposed car park- google swpt
- Proposed car park-layout 1
- Proposed car park-layout 2
- Gcc highways response
- Malmesbury road pictures
- Applicant response to highways comments
- Applicant response to neighbour comments
- Superseded parking arrangement plan
- Gcc highways response
- Site notice
- Revised site location plan
- Covering letter
- Vehicle parking information
- Superseded proposed block plan layout
- Site location plan
- Application form
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cheltenham granted permission on 4 September 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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