Podsmead Regeneration takes a step forward
Approval was given at Gloucester City Council’s cabinet meeting in January 2024 for the transfer of land to GCH to allow the building of new homes and improved retail and community spaces.
After listening carefully to what people have said is important, GCH is about to submit a planning application for the regeneration of Podsmead.
On Podsmead Road, a renewed local centre will provide new shops and a community space, with an improved road layout. There will be a new sense of neighbourhood on arrival from Cole Avenue with a new multi-use sports and play area for both younger and older children. Improved cycle and pedestrian routes across the site will mean safer walking to school as well as better access to sports pitches and parks.
173 high-quality new homes will be built on Byron Avenue, Peveril House and Stratford Close, with all remaining Podsmead homes benefitting from energy-efficiency improvements to bring them up to EPC C rating. And Podsmead will get its first ever pharmacy.
We hope plans will be approved by December 2024 and we can start work in March 2025.