Gloucester Rugby's store at Gloucester Quays is to close down this weekend.

A spokesperson for Gloucester Quays said: "Due to a change of sponsor, Gloucester Rugby has been selling its old merchandising and will be closing its store. We wish the team all the best, and look forward to announcing an exciting new addition to Gloucester Quays soon."

Back in January, Punchline reported that seven years after it first applied, Gloucester Quays was told it could give over more floor space to non-outlet goods.

Bosses first asked the council for permission to relax restrictions in 2017 after it was found to have breached the conditions of its original permission.

A report by council officers said two units had been "occupied and traded from in an unauthorised manner, which this application seeks to regularise". One of those stores was Gloucester Rugby Club.

Gloucester Quays LLP applied to vary three conditions of its original planning permission and add a new one to "reflect change in circumstances and current tenant requirements".

It wanted a limited amount of floorspace within Gloucester Quays to be free of certain outlet restrictions, including the type of goods sold and the reduced sale prices.

A Punchline source said: "This closure seems ironic as the Quays had been waiting for seven years to gain planning consent for full price sales from that unit."

The store, which opened in 2015, will close on Sunday, March 23.

Punchline has approached Gloucester Rugby for a comment.