The Development Plan
Adopted development plan
Our development plan has three sources: the Joint Core Strategy (JCS) 2017, the Cheltenham Plan 2020, and the saved policies of the Cheltenham Borough Local Plan 2006.
Joint Core Strategy
The Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031 (JCS) was adopted by Gloucester City Council, Cheltenham Borough Council and Tewkesbury Borough Council in December 2017.
The Cheltenham Plan 2020
The Cheltenham Plan 2020 sits underneath the strategic-level of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy (JCS) and provides the local-level development strategy for the borough. The Cheltenham Plan helps to meet the level of growth set out in the JCS by providing specific policy guidance for new development in the area and make smaller-scale local allocations. The policies in the Cheltenham Plan set out specific requirements for new development and provide more detail on local issues than the policies in the JCS.
The Cheltenham Plan was adopted at a full council meeting of Cheltenham Borough Council on 20 July 2020. You can download PDFs of the adopted plan and maps, together with the statutory Adoption Statement and Final Report on the Examination of the plan under the document dropdown below. You can also view the Interactive Proposals Map.
Cheltenham Borough Local Plan (2006) saved policies
The Cheltenham Borough Local Plan (2006) was adopted in June 2006.
A number of policies from 2006 plan are ‘saved’. These are set out in Table 14 of the Cheltenham Plan 2020 and also listed in the table below:
| 2006 Local Plan policy | Policy heading |
|---|---|
| GE 1 | Public Green Space |
| RT 1 | Location of Retail Development |
| RT 2 | Retail Development in the Core Commercial Area |
| RT 3 | Non-A1 Uses in Primary Shopping Frontages |
| RT 4 | Retail Development in Local Shopping Centres |
| RT 5 | Non A1 Uses in Local Shopping Centres |
| RT 8 | Individual Convenience Shops |
| RT 9 | Car Sales |
| RT 10 | Access to Upper Floors of Commercial Premises |