New housing in Cheltenham Borough Council
We read Cheltenham Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 18,103 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 81 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 56% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 56% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 18,103
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 32 | 8 |
| 2025 | 68 | 49 | 4 |
| 2024 | 85 | 65 | 4 |
| 2023 | 85 | 61 | 9 |
| 2022 | 117 | 85 | 11 |
| 2021 | 101 | 76 | 10 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 750 | Land North Of Swindon Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire Request for a screening opinion under the EIA Regulations (development of around 750 dwellings) 26/00833/SCREEN | Awaiting decision | 21 May 2026 |
| 171 | Phase 2 Land At Old Gloucester Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire Demolition of existing structures and the erection of 171no. residential units (phases 2 and 3 of the allocated site) to include a minimum of 40% affordable housing, alongside access, landscaping, drainage and other… 24/00449/FUL | Approved | 15 Mar 2024 |
| 165 | Home Farm Quat Goose Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 9RP Screening opinion under Part 2, Regulation 6 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Proposed development of up to 165 residential units, including provision of… 26/00401/SCREEN | Awaiting decision | 7 Mar 2026 |
| 70 | Land Off Shelley Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire Development of 70 dwellings, public open space, drainage, access and all other ancillary works. 25/00837/FUL | Decided | 28 May 2025 |
| 58 | Pittville School Albert Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 3JD Full application for the erection of 58 residential dwellings including access, parking, landscaping and associated works. 25/00780/FUL | Approved | 16 May 2025 |
| 18 | 86 - 90 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 2NW Redevelopment of the site to provide 18 no. residential units (apartments). 24/00904/FUL | Approved | 29 May 2024 |
| 12 | 11 Hamilton Street Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 8HN Change of use, refurbishment and alteration of the existing building (Class E) to create 12no. apartments (Class C3). 25/00637/FUL | Approved | 17 Apr 2025 |
| 9 | 102 - 104 Promenade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1NB Change of use of upper floors to create 9 residential apartments (102-106 Promenade) and the creation of a separate Class E Commercial unit, including, creation of an entrance to the ground floor (rear) of 106… 24/00942/FUL | Approved | 4 Jun 2024 |
| 7 | 14 Cambray Place Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JS Conversion of 14 Cambray Place from 7 flats to a single dwelling, including installation of dropped kerb, internal and external alterations and associated works. 26/00906/FUL | Awaiting decision | 4 Jun 2026 |
| 7 | Unit 1 To Unit 2 King Alfred Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6QP Erection of 7 No. dwellings off King Alfred Way following demolition of existing buildings and associated works. 24/01696/FUL | Approved | 31 Oct 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Cheltenham Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.