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8 St Michaels Square Gloucester GL1 1HX

23/00911/LAWCertificate of Lawfulness.Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 December 2023

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed change of use from 5-bedroom dwelling (use class C3) to 6-bedroom single-occupancy HMO (use class C4). Associated external alterations to the rear elevation comprised of blocking up kitchen door to garden and removal of adjoining steps and railings.

Received
13 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
Agent
Homeplan Drafting Services
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 30 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 8 St Michaels Square Gloucester GL1 1HX. Gloucester has handled 1,818 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gloucester's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastgate and St Michael's conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
GL1 1HX
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2023
Target decision date
9 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Homeplan Drafting Services
Agent address
28 Jasmine Close Abbeydale Gloucester GL4 5FJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12599814
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Eastgate and St Michael's
  • Article 4 direction: St Michael’s Square Article 4 directionPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref T1Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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