Another sizeable business unit in Gloucester city centre could be converted into flats.

Plans have been revealed to turn the crumbling former Fad and Fated vintage shop into 14 homes.

If approved, the dilapidated building at 35 Worcester Street will be demolished and replaced with a pair of four-storey buildings. They will contain seven one-bed and seven two-bed flats. Four of the homes will be accessible.

Developers had originally wanted to retain a ground floor retail unit and create a 21-bed HMO (house of multiple occupation) above it.

Permission was granted for that scheme in May 2022 and the site freehold went on the market for £850,000.

However, owners UK Demolition And Construction Ltd. said there has been "no interest" in purchasing it with the retail unit included.

It has now submitted its revised scheme to Gloucester City Council which includes a courtyard between the buildings for use by residents and an altered vehicle access.

The site is within a conservation area and includes a former Methodist church built in 1897 but owners said it makes a "limited contribution" to the streetscene.

A statement by Cheltenham-based Zesta Planning on the applicants behalf said: "Although 35 Worcester Street is a positive building it has been disused now for several years and its condition is worsening without a secure and viable ongoing future use for the structure.

"A significant benefit of the proposal is in providing a development of an appropriate design which would complement the character and appearance of the area and provide a use that supports the vitality of the street."

A decision on the plans is expected by February 26, 2025.

If it goes ahead it will follow a spate of business spaces in the city being converted into flats.

Earlier this week plans were approved to turn the upper floors of 32 - 34 Westgate Street from offices into flats . The site once housed the Theatre Royal, Woolworths and Poundstretcher and a retail unit will remain on the ground floor.

The iconic Sainsburys building in Northgate Street is also to be replaced by a development of 55 flats after plans were approved in April.

The council also green lit plans this week to convert 58 Eastgate Street back into housing.

The Grade II-listed building was a family home from the early 19th Century to the 1970s. It then became the Gloucester Medical Eye Centre until 2016 when it was partly converted to flats, with the ground floor remaining in use as an opticians until 2021.

Applicant Anthony Judd said he had been unable to secure a new tenant for the ground floor unit over the last three years.