Planning application
The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery And Museum Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Redevelopment / alteration to exhibition spaces.
As published by the council, reference 26/00754/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00754/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Lansdown
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- GL50 3JT
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheltenham register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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21/02596/FUL Granted
The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery And Museum Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JT
Change of use of part of the ground floor for use as an extension to the existing café and associated alterations
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21/02596/LBC Granted
The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery And Museum Clarence Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 3JT
Change of use of part of the ground floor as an extension to the existing café and minor internal alterations to the ground, first and third floors
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 May 2026
Received by Cheltenham
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18 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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31 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Grant
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
The Cheltenham Trust Applicant, registered in Cheltenham
Active · incorporated 2014 · Cheltenham
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Officer report
- Heritage statement agm victorian wing
- Application form
- Site layout plan
- Project scope document
- Existing plan
- Proposed plan our time
- Proposed finishes - floor
- Proposed finishes - wall and ceiling finishes
- Proposed door schedule
- Proposed joinery 1 of 3
- Proposed joinery 2 of 3
- Proposed joinery 3 of 3
- Proposed floor plan
- Proposed - welcome entrance
- Proposed - orientation
- Proposed - origin story
- Proposed - prosperity and its price
- Proposed - natural world
- Proposed - open costume and edward wilson observatory
- Material details
- Asbestos re-inspection (review) report
- Lighting ew obervatory:
- Site location plan
- Design and access statement
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Cheltenham granted permission on 31 July 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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