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31 - 33 Northgate Street Gloucester GL1 2AN

26/00294/PRIORPrior NotificationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

The proposal seeks the change of use of part of the upper floor at 31-33 Northgate Street, Gloucester to form 2 no. self-contained residential flats above the existing ground floor retail unit

Received
31 March 2026
Decided
4 June 2026 · Prior Approval Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Westgate
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Gloucester80% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a change of use at 31 - 33 Northgate Street Gloucester GL1 2AN. Gloucester has handled 95 applications of this type and approves 77% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 65 days, 6 days longer than Gloucester's median. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Westgate. We hold 761 applications in total for the GL1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00294/PRIOR
Address
31 - 33 Northgate Street Gloucester GL1 2AN
Postcode
GL1 2AN
Local Authority
Gloucester
Application Type
Prior Notification
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Westgate

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Rackham Planning Ltd
Architect ProfileRACKHAM PLANNING LIMITED
Agent Address
2430/2440 The Quadrant Aztec West Bristol BS32 4AQ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
31 March 2026
Consultation Expiry
23 April 2026
Target Decision Date
26 May 2026
Date Decided
4 June 2026
Date Validated
31 March 2026
Date Submitted
31 March 2026
Consultation Start
5 May 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
2 April 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
23 April 2026
Last Date for Comments
26 May 2026
Permission Expires
4 June 2031

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14825119
Documents
19
Coordinates
51.866047, -2.245313
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Gloucester

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, St Johns LaneOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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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