Planning application
Jobcentre Plus 44 - 50 Eastgate Street Gloucester GL1 1QN
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
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Proposal
Change of use from commercial (Class E) to Residential use (C3) under Class MA of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended) for 11 apartments.
As published by the council, reference 25/00663/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00663/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Notification
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 29 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Westgate
- Postcode
- GL1 1QN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gloucester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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26/00756/REG77 Awaiting decision
Jobcentre Plus 44 - 50 Eastgate Street Gloucester GL1 1QN
Regulation 77 Application under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, for assessment of the impacts upon the Cotswold Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation, in relation to Prior Approval (ref 25/00663/PRIOR), 'Change of use from commercial (Class E) to Residential use (C3) under Class MA of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended) for 11 apartments.'
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2025
Received by Gloucester
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30 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Aug 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Gloucester took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00756/REG77 Awaiting decision
Jobcentre Plus 44 - 50 Eastgate Street Gloucester GL1 1QN
Regulation 77 Application under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, for assessment of the impacts upon the Cotswold Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation, in relation to Prior Approval (ref 25/00663/PRIOR), 'Change of use from commercial (Class E) to Residential use (C3) under Class MA of Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended) for 11 apartments.'
Who's behind it
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MSC Planning Associates Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Leighton Buzzard
Active · incorporated 2019 · Leighton Buzzard
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Gloucester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Gloucester's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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