168 Bath Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7NF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from retail to restaurant, and installation of kitchen extraction and flue. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026
Documents 18
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 6
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 2
Licence at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £300,000 in April 2023. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Cheltenham
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- GL53 7NF
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Ward
- College
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Permit
- Decision date
- 23 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Studio Charette
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 209 days from validation, 153 days slower than Cheltenham's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 84% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Cheltenham in the last twelve months, from validation. Cheltenham decision record →
Public comments
3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 27 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 14 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 28 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 12 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Cheltenham is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #63 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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