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25/01160/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Installation of a purpose-built catering trailer, two A-Frame signs and a queue management barrier in the car park for street food vending during the operating hours of 07:00 -18.00. Trailer to be removed from the site outside of these hours. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Oct 2026, 03:05

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Application progress

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Received

23 Jul 2025

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Validated

5 Aug 2025

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Consultation

23 Sept 2025

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Approved

17 Oct 2025

Approved on 17 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Cheltenham Planning Committee on 16 Oct 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised permitting the proposal because its design, heritage, amenity and highway impacts were acceptable.
The committee voted 8 to 0, with 1 abstention, to grant the application.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Cheltenham's committee minutes of 16 Oct 2025.

Documents 16

Site constraints 5

The Swindon Village Conservation Area conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project 1060 m away: M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme

The site is 1060 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; 1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

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Important details

Council: Cheltenham
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Received: 23 Jul 2025
Validated: 5 Aug 2025
Ward: Swindon Village
Parish: Swindon
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Oct 2025
Decision: Permit
Decision date: 17 Oct 2025
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 20 days slower than Cheltenham's median of 53 for full applications. Approved, as 97% of full applications here are.

This one73d

Council53d

UK56d

66%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

674decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Cheltenham in the last twelve months, from validation. Cheltenham decision record →

Public comments

30comments received

26 objecting4 supporting

87% object · above the UK average of 74%

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14174769
Planning Portal ref: PP-14174769
Neighbours: 4 Aug 2025
Consultation: 23 Sept 2025
Comments by: 7 Oct 2025
Site or press notice: 14 Aug 2025
Committee: 16 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry: 30 Sept 2025
Env. assessment: No

Cheltenham

Planning Authority Score

8.7/10

Excellent

#11 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cheltenham decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

97%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #2 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #13 of 296

76%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #63 of 296

28%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #43 of 296

90%

Minor dwellings approved

60 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

11 decided (10+ homes)

89%

Change of use approved

18 decided

927

Total decisions

30 refused in the year to March 2026

Swindon Playing Field Wymans Lane Cheltenham Gloucestershire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 10