Bid to turn Gloucester house into children’s home rejected over ‘noise and nuisance’ concerns
City planners have rejected a bid to turn a four-bedroom house into a children’s home in Longlevens over noise concerns. Platform Childcare Ltd wanted permission from Gloucester City Council to make the changes at 31 Westmead Road, Gloucester. Their scheme...
Liberal Democrats in talks to lead alliance at Tewkesbury Borough Council
The Liberal Democrats are in talks with other groups to form a new administration at Tewkesbury Borough Council. The Lib Dems gained nine seats and replaced the Conservative Party as the largest party on the council after the May 4...
Stalled luxury hotel bid for Gloucester costs taxpayers more than £80,000 as council is charged rates for empty
Gloucester City Council’s empty Dockside offices, which were planned to become a new luxury hotel, are costing the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds each year. The council vacated Herbert, Kimberley and Philpott (HKP) warehouses in 2019 and the site...
Calls for air quality monitors near Gloucester stone crushing site where residents
There are calls for dust levels to be monitored in residential areas close to a stone crushing site in Gloucester. Dozens of people have complained over the issue and some say it gets so bad they can’t open their windows...
Cotswold Tories lose out due to ‘unfair’ first-past-the-post electoral system
The Conservatives fell foul of the first-past-the-post system in the recent Cotswold District elections which were “among the most unfair” results in England, according to the Electoral Reform Society. The Electoral Reform Society is an independent campaigning organisation which seeks...
Go-ahead to build 70 homes on old MoD fuel depot in Gloucester
Developers have been given the go-ahead to build 70 homes on the site of a former Ministry of Defence fuel depot in Gloucester. Lioncourt Homes has been granted permission by Gloucester City Council to develop the Old Fuel Depot site...
Concerns over new residential parking permits being introduced in Gloucester
Concerns have been raised over proposed changes to onstreet parking in Gloucester. Gloucestershire County Council is introducing residential parking permits in the Kingsholm area of the city this summer. They say permits will make it easier for residents to park...
Gloucester Antiques Centre comes out on top for the Best Dressed Window competition for the Coronation!
Gloucester City has been festooned with red, white and blue this weekend in celebration of the Coronations of HRH King Charles and Queen Camilla. Many shops and premises got in on the action and made the city streets an extra...
Gloucester care home garage conversion to offices approved
Plans to convert a Gloucester care home’s garage into an office have been given the go-ahead. Alex Green has been granted permission by Gloucester City Council to convert the detached double garage at number 7 Denmark Road which is a...
County roads ‘are in the worst state they’ve ever been’, blasts Cotswold civic chief
Gloucestershire’s roads are “in the worst state they have ever been” according to opposition councillors at Shire Hall that they are calling for the issue to be treated as an emergency. County councillor Paul Hodgkinson (LD, Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach) says...