Planning application
8 Cromwell Street Gloucester GL1 1RE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Residential (C3) to HMO (C4).
As published by the council, reference 25/01081/LAW
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01081/LAW
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness.
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Certificate of law Permited
- Received
- 10 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 6 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Westgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GL1 1RE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gloucester register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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25/01154/COU Refused
8 Cromwell Street Gloucester GL1 1RE
Full planning application for the conversion of a dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Dec 2025
Received by Gloucester
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19 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Certificate of law Permited
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Zesta Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cheltenham
Active · incorporated 2018 · Cheltenham
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 16 councils · 84% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Gloucester granted permission on 6 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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