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49 - 51 Northgate Street Gloucester GL1 2AJ

19/01280/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 March 2021

Council decision: Grant for 3 yearsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of first and second floors from office to house of multiple occupation which would include 7 bedrooms and shared kitchen facilities. Proposed construction of a 2 storey extension between the front and rear sections. Reconfiguraiton of windows on the rear elevation, replacement of windows on front elevation and internal refurbishment of first and second floor.

Received
16 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 389 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 49 - 51 Northgate Street Gloucester GL1 2AJ. Gloucester has handled 259 applications of this type. This one was decided in 442 days, 56 weeks longer than Gloucester's typical decision time. The site is in the All Cannings conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Westgate. We hold 770 applications in total for the GL1 postcode area.

79% of full applications at Gloucester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GL1 2AJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2020
Consultation expiry
1 February 2021
Consultation start
18 January 2021
Consultation end
1 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2020
Last date for comments
1 February 2021
Target decision date
3 April 2020
Decision issued
3 March 2021
Permission expires
3 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2020
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2020
Site notice start
14 February 2020
Site notice end
6 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 55 Northgate Street, WestgateRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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