Cheltenham in October 2026, From Hygiene Ratings to Street Works and Power Cuts

What changed in Cheltenham's open data in October 2026, from food hygiene ratings and planning applications to finished street works, power cuts and sewage spills.

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Morrisons on Caernarvon Road went from a food hygiene rating of 1 to the top rating of 5 in October, the biggest change among 13 new ratings for Cheltenham businesses. Storm overflows near the town spilled sewage 10 times, the most in a month for at least a year, while 333 sets of street works finished and 42 power cuts affected almost 10,000 homes and businesses.

Food Hygiene Ratings

Thirteen businesses had a new food hygiene rating published by the Food Standards Agency in October.

The biggest change was at Morrisons on Caernarvon Road, which went from a rating of 1 to 5 after an inspection on 12 October. Three businesses already on the register had a new rating:

• Key: Was previous rating, Now new rating. Ratings run from 0 to 5, where 5 is very good.

Ten businesses were rated for the first time, all with a 5: Crofton Springs, Ghurka Kitchen, Humble Pies Pizzas, John Lewis, KFC on the High Street, Kings Larder, Pacheco Paellas, Platter by Benugo at John Lewis, Siren Cheltenham Bar and The Great Plate CIC.

Ten businesses joined the register, and eighteen left it, usually because they have closed or changed hands.

Planning Applications

Cheltenham Borough Council has so far registered 46 planning applications received in October. More will be added as the council checks them. Twenty-nine were for work on trees, and seven were full planning applications, including:

• three new homes at Atherstone, 17 Church Road, St Marks
• refurbishing and slightly extending McDonald’s at Kingsditch Retail Park

Finished Street Works

Between 11 and 31 October, 333 street works within 6 miles of Cheltenham finished. Twenty-seven of them needed a road closure, and 91 were urgent or emergency works.

Tewkesbury Road and Gloucester Road had the most, with 11 each. The longest road closure to finish was Severn Trent’s work on Upper Bath Street, from 28 September to 16 October.

Power Cuts

National Grid recorded 42 power cuts across GL50 to GL54 postcodes in October, 29 of them unplanned, affecting 9,843 homes and businesses in total. The largest in Cheltenham itself was on 21 October around GL51 4XA, when 2,035 homes and businesses lost power.

Fuel Prices

Fuel prices at Cheltenham’s forecourts eased slightly over October, after rising through September. The average price of unleaded fell from 174.5p a litre on 1 October to 171.6p on 31 October, and diesel from 199.7p to 198.2p.

• Key: September and October average price across Cheltenham forecourts for the month, in pence per litre. September is from 7 September.

Across the month, Cheltenham was about a penny a litre cheaper than the UK average, which was 174.7p for unleaded and 199.5p for diesel.

Sewage Spills

Storm overflows within 4 miles of Cheltenham spilled sewage 10 times in October, for 46.9 hours in total, up from one spill of 36 minutes in September.

Reports on FixMyStreet

People reported 1,025 problems on FixMyStreet in October, down from 1,441 in September.

FAQs

Where Does the Data Come From?

• Food hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency, planning applications from Cheltenham Borough Council’s planning register, street works from the Department for Transport’s Street Manager, power cuts from National Grid Electricity Distribution, fuel prices from the GOV.UK fuel price scheme and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, sewage spills from the Water UK National Storm Overflow Hub and problem reports from FixMyStreet.

Why Are Some Ratings From September?

• A rating is published after the business has had 21 days to appeal, and councils upload ratings in batches, so a rating published in October can be from an inspection in September.

When Is the Next Roundup?

• A new roundup is published early each month, covering the month before.