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Gloucester: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Gloucester City Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South West; within the county of GLS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Gloucestershire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Gloucester for 2026–27: £244.13 of a £2,355.84 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- Hillview Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
- Lift Hillview (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£2.2 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £6.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £5.1 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £6.0 million |
| Planning and development services | −£3.0 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £3.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £16.5 million |
Gloucester in numbers
- Total population
- 138,598 people
- Median age
- 38 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £21,428
- Gross median weekly pay
- £603
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 26.3%
- Claimant Count
- 3.5%
- Average house price
- £240,718
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 7.2 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.2 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 94.8%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 149.4 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,080 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 17, Conservative and Unionist 10, Labour Party 7, Independent / Other 5.
Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- Andrew Gravells (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbeydale
- Louise Walker (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbeydale
- Kate Hyland (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbeymead
- Laura Brooker (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbeymead
- Ashley Bowkett (Liberal Democrats) — Barnwood
- Joshua Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Barnwood
- Roseanna Marshall (Labour Party) — Barton and Tredworth
- Sajid Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Barton and Tredworth
- Usman Bhaimia (Liberal Democrats) — Barton and Tredworth
- Tracy Millard (Labour Party) — Coney Hill
- Anne Radley (Liberal Democrats) — Elmbridge
- Vicky Norledge (Liberal Democrats) — Elmbridge
- Andrew Bell (Independent / Other) — Grange
- Sylvia Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Grange
- Alwin Wiederhold (Liberal Democrats) — Hucclecote
- Declan Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Hucclecote
- Angela Conder (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsholm and Wotton
- Jeremy Hilton (Liberal Democrats) — Kingsholm and Wotton
- John Jones (Labour Party) — Kingsway
- Karen James (Labour Party) — Kingsway
- Linda Castle (Liberal Democrats) — Longlevens
- Luke Shervey (Liberal Democrats) — Longlevens
- Sarah Sawyer (Liberal Democrats) — Longlevens
- Adrian Graham (Independent / Other) — Matson, Robinswood and White City
- Alastair Chambers (Independent / Other) — Matson, Robinswood and White City
- Brendon O'Donnell (Independent / Other) — Matson, Robinswood and White City
- Terry Pullen (Labour Party) — Moreland
- Tree Chambers-Dubus (Labour Party) — Moreland
- Valerie Simms (Labour Party) — Moreland
- Sebastian Field (Liberal Democrats) — Podsmead
- Stephanie Chambers (Conservative and Unionist) — Quedgeley Fieldcourt
- Victoria Miller (Conservative and Unionist) — Quedgeley Fieldcourt
- Andrew Lewis (Conservative and Unionist) — Quedgeley Severn Vale
- Liam Harries (Liberal Democrats) — Quedgeley Severn Vale
- Caroline Courtney (Liberal Democrats) — Tuffley
- Lorraine Campbell (Independent / Other) — Tuffley
- Howard Hyman (Liberal Democrats) — Westgate
- Pam Tracey (Conservative and Unionist) — Westgate
- Rebecca Trimnell (Liberal Democrats) — Westgate