Laura Enfield

2 days ago | punchline-gloucester.com | Laura Enfield

Plans for 180 new homes around an ancient moat in Matson have been kicked back to councillors two years after they controversially approved them. Developers were granted permission in July 2023  to build on land at Snow Capel between Winnycroft Lane and the M5. The homes will wrap around the moat, which encloses a tiny 66m island and sits within Sneedham's Green, an area of common land thought to date back to the medieval period.

3 days ago | punchline-gloucester.com | Laura Enfield

Gloucester planning officers have refused to recommend an outcome for the massive Podsmead regeneration as they said the decision is too "finely balanced". The £45million plans are due before councillors for a decision on Tuesday (July 1). The once-in-a-generation development has been more than seven years in the making and is the result of a landmark collaboration between Gloucester City Homes (GCH), Homes England, Gloucester City Council, local residents and community leaders.

3 days ago | punchline-gloucester.com | Laura Enfield

Amazon's pledge to invest £40billion in the UK over the next three years has been shadowed by it coming bottom of supplier compliance rankings. Yesterday (June 24) the online giant announced plans to construct four new fulfilment centres, creating more than 4,000 jobs across the sites. The ecommerce giant, already one of the UK's biggest private employers with a 75,000-strong workforce, will build two major warehouses in the East Midlands, due to open in 2027.

4 days ago | punchline-gloucester.com | Laura Enfield

Vision Express is eying up a fourth store for Gloucester- just around the corner from an existing branch. The Nottingham headquartered company has revealed plans to bring the former Co-Op Travel shop at 36 Eastgate Street back into focus. It wants permission from Gloucester City Council to put up its signs on the outside of the property. The new shop should be easy for customers to find as it is just a few metres away from the Vision Express branch located inside Eastgate Shopping Centre.

5 days ago | punchline-gloucester.com | Laura Enfield

A five-year deal has been signed to provide bus services for Cirencester College students. Swindon's Bus Company and Pulhams Coaches have been chosen to run 24 routes across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The companies are both owned by multi-national transport group Go-Ahead Group based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Each will operate 12 routes, rolling out their buses from September 2025 with more than 2,000 students expected to climb aboard each day.