planning strategy

Planning Strategy

The Planning Strategy team undertakes research and monitoring of development activities to assist in the preparation of spatial planning policies, proposals and guidance which will shape the way in which Stroud District is developed in the future.

The service is also responsible for providing advice and guidance on a range of environmental issues such as sustainable development; climate change, energy conservation, biodiversity and building conservation.

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Local Plan and Mapping

The Stroud District Local Plan was produced in line with the relevant statutory processes leading to Adoption on 10 November 2005. It remains the key planning policy document for making development control decisions until its policies are replaced through the delivery of the Local Development Framework.

Inspectors Report

The Inspector's report into the Local Plan Inquiry that ran from 15 January 2002 until 3 June 2003 was received on 25 November 2004.

Adopted Local Plan

Stroud District Local Plan - indicates where different buildings, from homes to shops, offices, schools, leisure and health facilities may be built. It forms part of the development plan for the area of Stroud District Council and runs until 2011. The development plan forms the basis for decisions on land use planning affecting this area. It was produced in line with the relevant statutory processes leading to Adoption on 10 November 2005.

Saved and Deleted Local Plan Policies

The Policies of the Local Plan expired on 10 November 2008 unless they were saved by a Direction made by the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

A report on the matter was initially considered by the Cabinet of the Council on 10 July 2008.

In turn this was considered by Council on 18 September 2008, including representations received by the Council from Parish and Town Councils on the issue.

Following these meetings the Council applied to the Secretary of State for a Direction and forwarded the Parish and Town Council comments to be considered when making the Direction.

The Secretary of State made a Direction. With the exception of Policy GE4 relating to flooding issues, the Secretary of State agreed with the Council on the policies it proposed to ‘save' and the policies it considered could be deleted. She considered Policy GE4 was covered by provisions in PPS25 and therefore that policy could be deleted. The Direction made by the Secretary of State and a table of Saved / deleted Policies is shown below:

Local Plan Maps

You can download the maps from the Adopted Local Plan here.


Consultations

Forthcoming consultation

Between Monday 6 th February and Monday 19 th March there will be public consultation on the next stage in the preparation of Stroud District Council's “Core Strategy” – part of a new Local Plan for the district, which will deal with development up to 2026.

The ‘Preferred Strategy' consultation will deal with the Council's proposals for how best to distribute 3,200 new homes and a target of up to 6,400 jobs across the district between now and 2026. The Council will be asking for people's views about focusing development at six main locations: at Hunts Grove (Hardwicke/Haresfield parishes), north east Cam, to the west of Stonehouse (Eastington parish), along the Stroud Valleys , at Aston Down and at Sharpness.

Anyone that lives, works or invests in the Stroud District can take part in this consultation and make their views known. The main consultation document will be available online at www.stroud.gov.uk/consultation between Monday 6 th February and Monday 19 th March and at the following locations during their normal opening hours:

  • Town and Parish Council offices that open to the public: Berkeley , Cainscross, Cam , Chalford, Dursley, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Painswick, Rodborough, Stonehouse, Stroud, Upton St Leonards, Wotton-under-Edge
  • Public libraries at Berkeley , Brockworth, Dursley, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Miserden, Quedgeley, Stonehouse, Stroud, Wotton-under-Edge
  • The customer service centre at Stroud District Council offices, Ebley Mill. There are computers for public access here
  • The Tourist Information Centre at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud

There will be an online questionnaire to respond to the consultation. If you do not have internet access you can get consultation response forms from any of the locations listed above.

There will be six drop-in exhibitions, targeted at the main development locations, during February and early March. You'll be able to chat to officers working on the Core Strategy. Copies of all the documents published in connection with this consultation will be available to view and you can pick up consultation response forms there too. There will also be unmanned exhibitions at several places during the consultation period.

Public Drop-In Exhibitions with the Core Strategy Team in attendance

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

Wednesday 15 February

3pm - 8pm

Hardwicke Village Hall

Saturday 18 February

10am - 3pm

Winterbotham Hall, Cam

Wednesday 22 February

3pm - 8pm

Brimscombe & Thrupp Social Centre

Saturday 25 February

10am - 3pm

The Subscription Rooms, Stroud

Thursday 1 March

3pm - 8pm

Sharpness Village Hall

Saturday 3 March

10am - 3pm

Stonehouse Town Council

 

Static unmanned exhibitions

FROM TO LOCATION
Monday 6 February Monday 19 March Blooms Garden Centre, Haresfield
Saturday 11 February Saturday 18 February Tesco, Cam
Monday 6 February Sunday 26 February Stroud Town Council
Monday 20 February Friday 3 March Minchinhampton Library
Monday 6 February Friday 16 March Ebley Mill, Stroud District Council Offices

Monday 6 February

Monday 19 March

Stonehouse Town Council

For further information on the consultation process please contact the Council's Planning Strategy Team on 01453 754143

Supplementary Guidance

 

The District Council has initiated three types of supplementary guidance to aid the public in understanding the issues facing the District and assist decision taking on planning applications. According to the processes that they have been through in preparation, different weight is accorded to them in decision taking.

Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)

This form of guidance was prepared under the pre 2004 planning system. It is existing non-statutory guidance which supplements the Stroud District Local Plan (SDLP) 2005 element of the Development Plan. Only the Policies in the Development Plan have the special status afforded by Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in deciding planning applications. However, SPG’s may be taken into account as material considerations in determining planning applications. The weight of the SPG in decision taking increases if it has been prepared in consultation with the public and has been the subject of a Council Resolution.

The following documents have been adopted by the Council as SPGs

Supplementary Planning Advice (SPA)

These documents support the planning policies adopted by the Council but have not been subject to the same level of process as either SPGs or SPDs. SPA's sit outside the Local Development Framework. However, they can be referred to for guidance and may be used in decision making. The weight given to them may be more limited than other documents.

IHCA Design Guide

The Industrial Heritage Conservation Area Design Guide was adopted by Council as Supplementary Planning Advice (SPA) on 6th Nov 2008 and forms part of the IHCA Conservation Area Statement. It acts as a practical supplement to the policy and design guidance contained in the IHCA Management Proposals SPD and focuses on ways to preserve or enhance the local distinctiveness and special character of the eight conservation areas covered by the IHCA review through the design of new development – from small home extensions to major development schemes. You can download the Design Guide chapter by chapter:

Please also see the The Industrial Heritage Conservation Area Management Proposals.

Stroud Public Realm Strategy

Stonehouse Design Statement

Approved by the Cabinet on 6 October 2005, The Stonehouse Design Statement, has been produced by a steering group comprised of non-elected residents and Stonehouse town councillors, working in close partnership with officers of the Council.

Nailsworth Design Statement

The Nailsworth Design Statement was adopted by the Council on 16.4.09 and should be regarded as a material consideration in making any development control recommendations or decisions.

Bisley-with-Lypiatt Statement

The Bisley with Lypiatt Parish Village Design Statement was adopted by the Council on 11 th November 2010 (with the exception of the Local Views Sections) and will be a material consideration in Development Control decision making.

Nailsworth Design Statement

Frampton Conservation Area Statement

Longney and Epney Parish Design Statement

The Longney and Epney Parish Design Statement was adopted on 22 September 2011 and should form part of the Supplemental Planning Advice (SPA). The following external link will take you to the document.

Householders Design Guide

Validation of Planning Applications

Supplementary Advice: Renewable Energy

Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

This form of guidance is prepared under the post 2004 planning system. It must supplement the a part of the Development Plan. Currently the SDLP 2005 plays that role but will increasingly be replaced by development plan documents prepared under the 2004 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act such as the Core Strategy. SPDs (like SPGs) are used to provide further detail to policies and proposals contained in a Development Plan Document. SPDs will form part of the Local Development Framework and they will be an important consideration in determining planning applications.

SPDs may cover a range of issues and can be thematic or site specific. For example, an SPD may be a design guide, development brief or a topic or issue based document.

The following documents have been adopted by the Council as SPDs

The Industrial Heritage Conservation Area Management Proposals

This document was adopted by Council as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on 6th Nov 2008. It forms part of the IHCA Conservation Area Statement and sits within the Stroud District Local Development Framework.

Industrial Heritage Conservation Area Management Proposals

Together with a Summary of Representations report (Reg.18 statement), which sets out key findings of the public consultation:

And the Regulation 19 Adoption Statement:

LDF - Local Development Framework

What is the LDF?

The Local Development Framework (LDF) is a suite of documents which together will guide development within Stroud District. An interactive guide to the new Local Development Framework system is available on the Governments Planning Portal Website. This explains the concept behind Local Development Frameworks and the role of the various Documents within them. Please view the sections below.

Local Development Scheme

As part of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 the Council has to produce a Local Development Scheme (LDS). The LDS sets out the documents that this Council will be producing in the next three years as part of its Local Development Framework (LDF). It also sets out the timetable for their production and indicates at what stage you can become involved in the LDF preparation process.

The LDS is reviewed regularly to take into account any changes in the process and to update the detail. The latest LDS, (January 2009 version), has been approved by Council (at its meeting 26 February 2009) and approved by the Government Office for the South West (GOSW) on behalf of the Secretary of State. The latest LDS is available below together with previous editions to download:

For current progress on the projects identified in the Local Development Scheme, please contact us on 01453 754143 or email ldf@stroud.gov.uk .

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

Stroud District Council has prepared a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) as part of its Local Development Framework (LDF) for the district. The document proposes the Council's strategy for community involvement in the planning process. It sets out the ways in which we will engage and involve people when we are formulating planning policies for the LDF and considering planning applications. The SCI was adopted by the Council on 8th November 2007.

The Statement of Community Involvement was amended to allow for electronic communication in the first instance and a report was placed before Council's Cabinet in March 2009 and was then referred to Council in April 2009. The full report can be viewed via the link on the Council's Democracy area of the Web site.


Core Strategy

Core Strategy Background Information

The Core Strategy is the key strategic document within the Local Development Framework and will provide the basis for the production of other planning documents. Its role is to set out the vision and policies for management of development across the district. It will identify the overarching objectives for spatial planning in Stroud and will be used by everyone who wants to see how the district will change and what new development will be planned for and managed up to 2026.

What should be in the Core Strategy - Local Plan?

The coalition government is currently proposing an overhaul of the planning system through the Localism Bill and draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The changes they introduce will have implications for preparation of the Core Strategy. A significant change is the proposal at paragraph 21 of the NPPF that re-introduces the preparation of a single Local Plan for a local planning authority area.

In response to this, the Council is proposing to continue to prepare its planning policy framework in the form of a single Local Plan rather than a Core Strategy that is backed up with a suite of other planning policy documents. This will build on the work undertaken to date in preparing the Core Strategy. We will also undertake a review of saved policies from our 2005 Stroud District Local Plan and will review the final forms of the Localism Act and NPPF to ensure Local Plan policy is in conformity with national policy.

Although the process is still evolving and much has yet to be decided, the final Local Plan is likely to cover these broad topic areas:

  • Spatial Strategy
  • Economy, Employment and Infrastructure
  • Homes and Sustainable Communities
  • Our Natural and Built Environment
  • Development Management Policies

Core Strategy - What happens next?

The final document won't be adopted until 2013. The agreed timetable is set out in our current Local Development Scheme. However, there has been slippage in this and a revised timetable for the remaining key stages in production of Stroud's Core Strategy (Local Plan) is set out below. It must be recognised however that this may be subject to change in the light of the Localism Act, the provision of any new regulations for the preparation of plans and the guidance contained in the final National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Whilst this timetable sets out key stages, there is considerable work necessary to complete these stages.

The Council intends to consult on the preferred strategy for housing and employment numbers and preferred locations.

The consultation will run from the 6 th February 2012 to the 19 th March 2012.

The following table sets out the timetable for the preparation of the Core Strategy (Local Plan).

24 November 2011

Council consider report on proposed Preferred Strategy consultation

February - March 2012

Public engagement on the housing numbers and preferred strategy for development

 

Consultancy reports on Development Viability/Community Infrastructure Levy work

 

Completion of Stroud Infrastructure Delivery Plan (SIDP)

 

Review of SDLP policies

April – May – June 2012

Consideration of and report on responses to public engagement

 

Public engagement re CIL/SIDP

  Public engagement re policies

 

Preparation of ‘Publication Stage' version of Core Strategy (LocalPlan)

 

Preparation of Statement of Community Involvement

 

Preparation of Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA/SA)

 

Annual ELA/HLA surveys / reports; Update 5 year housing supply

July – August 2012

Statutory 6 week Regulation 27 public consultation on ‘Publication Stage' document and associated documents (final SEA/SA, CIL, Statement of Public Consultation)

August - October 2012

Preparation of final submission documents

November 2012

Submission of Core Strategy (Local Plan) to Secretary of State

February 2013

Examination in public

Spring 2013

Inspectors Report

Summer 2013

Adoption of Core Strategy (Local Plan)

Progress to Date

TA brief history of the process so far is given below

Other information about our Local Development Framework is available here.

If you wish to contact the Planning Strategy team about the preparation of the Core Strategy – Local Plan, please use one of these modes of communication.

Evidence Base (LDF)

The Council is developing an evidence base to support the preparation of the Local Development Framework. A number of studies have been commissioned or are under preparation, in some cases with other authorities and consultants. Where available these may be viewed via the links given on this page. Due to the large amount of external links on this page please email us if you notice a link has been moved.

Housing Evidence

Economic Evidence

Employment Studies

In the last five years two studies have been undertaken to provide baseline information to inform the development of Council policy; particularly spatial planning policy for employment purposes, and formulating economic development, marketing and promotion strategies and in the preparation of bids for funding.

The first was undertaken by White Young Green Planning and Chesterton Plc in Autumn 2003 to assist in developing policy related to the Stroud Valleys and in particular the restoration of the Cotswold Canals.

A second study covering the whole district was undertaken during 2007 by GVA Grimley to provide evidence to inform the preparation of the Council's Core Strategy and other documents in the Local Development Framework (LDF).

You can view the studies via the links below.

Environmental Evidence

National Planning Guidance

For an overview of National Policy please refer to the Department for Communities and Local Government website

Countywide Planning Evidence

The Inspector's report into the Local Plan Inquiry that ran from 15 January 2002 until 3 June 2003 was received on 25 November 2004.

Stroud Town Centres and Retailing Study

This report has been prepared by GVA Grimley Ltd in response to an instruction by Stroud District Council, dated September 2009, to prepare a Town Centres & Retailing Study for the Stroud administrative area. This study will provide essential background information to assist the Council in the production of a Local Development Framework (LDF).

This study been informed by a number of pieces of empirical research (including household and on-street surveys), plus a detailed analysis of town centre health and current retail expenditure patterns. Arising out of these assessments, the retail context in Stroud District has been identified and a set of key issues in each of the main settlements in the District.

You can view the study and appendices via the links below.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)

Stroud District Council with the other five district's and the County in Gloucestershire have worked together to produce a Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). The SFRA identifies levels of flood risk from all sources of flooding within the District. The assessment will be used to inform the emerging Local Development Framement and as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

This work allows the flood risk vulnerability and flood zone compatibility to be examined using the Sequential Test set out in PPS 25 "Development and Flood Risk". Further work such as a Level 2 SFRA will be carried out in order to provide a detailed assessment of the risk of flooding from non-fluvial sources in areas where new development is proposed. It will also be required where the need to apply the exception test is identified. A level 2 SFRA involves a more detailed review of flood hazard (flood probability, flood depth, flood velocity, rate of onset of flooding) taking into account the presence of flood risk management measures such as flood defences. They can also inform the level of detail required for site-specific Flood Risk Assessments (FRA's) by developers.

Countywide information on the SFRA can be found at: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/SFRA

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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

The SHLAA provides information on opportunities that exist to meet the housing needs within the District. It will be a key component of the evidence base that supports the delivery of sufficient housing land to meet the community's need for more homes.

It will inform the Core Strategy / Local Plan DPD (Development Plan Document), which will set out the key elements of the planning framework for Stroud District.

The aims of the SHLAA are:

  • To identify sites with potential for housing
  • To assess their housing potential, and
  • To assess when they are likely to be developed

Although the SHLAA is an important evidence source to inform plan-making it does not, in itself, determine whether a site should be allocated for housing development. The SHLAA process will help to inform the production of local planning policies which will identify suitable areas for future housing development.

The first SHLAA Report was published in March 2010. As part of an annual monitoring process we have updated the information within this report and the 2011 update is available now.

The Council is currently accepting new site submissions which will be assessed as part of the 2012 SHLAA review. The deadline for any new submission is 31 March 2012.

Progress

Stage Date Supporting Documents

SHLAA update report 2011

December 2011

Due to a technical issue the individual site proformas will be available in the new year.

Final SHLAA report

 January 2010

Two stakeholder workshops held for:

District Councillors

Developers, agents, landowners etc

 

2 July 2009

3 July 2009

Site Assessment Panel

August 2009

Roger Tym and Partners appointed to complete SHLAA

June 2009  
Two “calls” for sites

March 2008

January 2009

 

Desk top survey of potential sites

February 2008

Methodology published

February 2008

Methodology scoping report published

September 2007

Site Assessments

All sites have been assessed by Roger Tym & Partners on behalf of the Council in accordance with the SHLAA Guidance

Parish RTP ID Site Name Included in the Assessment Date
Alkington 288 Newport Towers Hotel, Newport Yes 18/03/2010
Berkeley 36 Land east of Berkeley Yes 15/01/2010
Berkeley 72 Land off Lynch Road , Berkeley No 15/01/2010
Berkeley 157 Berkeley Health Centre, Berkeley Yes 15/01/2010
Berkeley 195 20 Station Road No 15/01/2010
Berkeley 289 Land south west of bypass, Berkeley Yes 18/03/2010
Bisley-with-Lypiatt 29 Land to east of Thomas Keble School , Chalford Hill Yes 15/01/2010
Bisley-with-Lypiatt 92 Land at far Oakridge, Bisley No 15/01/2010
Bisley-with-Lypiatt 130 Land south of Bakers Farm, Oakridge Yes 15/01/2010
Bisley-with-Lypiatt 161 Woodlands Yard, Eastcombe Yes 15/01/2010
Bisley-with-Lypiatt 196 Manor farm, Vatch Lane , Bussage Yes 15/01/2010
Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon 1 Land south of Gloucester , at Whaddon Yes 15/01/2010
Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon 117 Land adjacent to The Old Vicarage, Brookthorpe No 15/01/2010
Cainscross 5 Cashes Green Hospital , Cainscross No 15/01/2010
Cainscross 22 Land east of Dudbridge Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Cainscross 59 Land off Bridge Road , Ebley, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Cainscross 224 BP garage, Cashes Green Road No 15/01/2010
Cainscross 260 Cashes Green Hospital , Cainscross No 15/01/2010
Cainscross 279 Land at Ebley Wharf , Westward Road , Ebley, Stroud No 15/01/2010
Cainscross 280 Ebley Saw Mill, 315 Westward Road , Cainscross, Stroud No 15/01/2010
Cam 11 Upthorpe Farm, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 16 Land at Coaley Junction, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 27 Land adjacent to Tilsdown House, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 33 Land adjacent to Tocknell Court , Box Road , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 48 Cam recreational ground, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 135 Church Farm, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 139 Land at Draycott, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 150 Land to the east of Draycott Mills, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 151 Land between Rowley and Upthorpe, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 152 Land off Woodend Lane , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 154 Land behind Draycott Crescent , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 198 Rear of 4-60 High Street , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 199 Indoor Outdoor / 4 Tilsdown, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 233 Chapel Street No 15/01/2010
Cam 252 Opposite 8 Chapel Street , Cam No 15/01/2010
Cam 271 Land south of Draycott Mills, High Street, Draycott Cam No 15/01/2010
Cam 274 Land at Chapel Street , Cam No 15/01/2010
Cam 283 Cam Mills, Everlands, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Cam 294 88-90 High Street , Cam No 15/01/2010
Cam 296 Land east of Courthouse gardens, Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Chalford 50 Middle Hill, Chalford Yes 15/01/2010
Chalford 197 Frith Wood House and Frith Wood Cottage, off Velhurst Dr, Bussage Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 37 Land east of Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 74 Land at Castle Street , Dursley No 15/01/2010
Dursley 100 off Bull Pitch, Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 101 Land to the rear of Henlow House & Silver Street No 15/01/2010
Dursley 102 Wild Goose/Dursley Garage, Kingshill Road , Dursley No 15/01/2010
Dursley 132 Land south of Hunger Hill No 15/01/2010
Dursley 142 Land rear of Prospect Place , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 200 Acacia Drive 66-84 Everlands 1-9 Hill Square , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 201 Kingshill Lane, Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 202 Rear of Parsonage Street , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 203 1-25 Long Street, Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 204 13 and 23 Bull Pitch, Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 205 Yellow Hundred Close No 15/01/2010
Dursley 206 Woodmancote Road , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 234 Kingshill Road , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 235 Hill Road May Lane Parsonage Street , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 236 Hill Road ay Lane Parsonage Street , Dursley Yes 15/01/2010
Dursley 257 Land behind Kingshill House, Dursley No 15/01/2010
Dursley 258 Drake House, Dursley No 15/01/2010
Dursley 264 Land at Lister Petters Site, Long Street, Cam , Dursley No 15/01/2010
Eastington 14 Land adjacent to Park View, Newtown , Stonehouse No 15/01/2010
Eastington 23 Land west of Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 30 Land north of Eastington Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 32 Land adjacent to The New Inn, Newtown , Stonehouse No 15/01/2010
Eastington 39 Land between Millend Lane and Bath Road ,Eastington Yes 18/03/2010
Eastington 43 Chipmans Platt, Oldbury, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 52 Land to the rear of Nupend Farm, Nupend Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 64 Land north of Broadfield Road , Eastington Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 79 Land off Cotswold Avenue , Eastington Yes 15/01/2010
Eastington 112 Land to the north of Millend Lane , Eastington Yes 15/01/2010
Frampton on Severn 90 Land off Lake Lane , Frampton Yes 15/01/2010
Frampton on Severn 167 The Marina, Frampton Yes 15/01/2010
Frampton on Severn 269 Old Dairy Site, Whitminster Lane , Frampton on Severn Yes 15/01/2010
Fretherne with Saul 129 Land adjacent to Saul Farm, Saul Yes 15/01/2010
Ham and Stone 122 Pump Cottage, Ham No 15/01/2010
Ham and Stone 175 Land to the south of A38, Stone Yes 15/01/2010
Hamfallow 73 Land south of Bays Hill, Newtown , Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hamfallow 124 Land adjacent to Hertsgrove Farm, Wanswell Yes 15/01/2010
Hardwicke 25 Sellars Farm, Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Hardwicke 35 Mayos Land , Hardwicke Yes 18/03/2010
Hardwicke 133 Hardwicke Green, Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Hardwicke 137 Green Farm, Green Lane , Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Hardwicke 153 Summerhill Equestrian Centre, Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Hardwicke 186 Land at Shorn Brook Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Harescombe 95 Land at Brookthorpe Hall, Stroud Road , Brookthorpe Yes 15/01/2010
Haresfield 9 Land south of Haresfield Lane , Hardwicke Yes 15/01/2010
Haresfield 125 Parkend Farm Land , Moreton Valence Yes 15/01/2010
Haresfield 177 Land surrounding Broadfield Farm, Off A38, Moreton Valance Yes 15/01/2010
Hillesley and Tresham 120 Land adjacent to The Deans, Hawkesbury Road , Hillesley Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 85 Cromwell Farm, Newtown , Sharpness No 15/01/2010
Hinton 158 Sanigar Farm, Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 187 Bridge Road, Sharpness Dock, Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 188 Rear of Dock Road , Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 189 adj tidal basin, Sharpness Dock, Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 190 Land east of dock, Sharpness Dock, Sharpness Yes 15/01/2010
Hinton 275 Warehouses East of Canal, Land at Sharpness Dock, Dock Road , Sharpness, Berkeley No 15/01/2010
Hinton 276 Warehouses West of Canal and Dry Dock Area, Sharpness Dock, Dock Road , Sharpness, Berkeley No 15/01/2010
Hinton 277 Timber Yard, Land at Sharpness Dock, Dock Road , Sharpness, Berkeley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 2 Brunsdon yard, Ryeford, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 26 Land off Coldwell Close, Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 55 Land rear of Selwyn Close, Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 88 Land adjacent to Walnut Tree House, Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 93 Land at Woodside Lane , Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 138 Land south of Borough Close, Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 140 Stanley Mills. Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 145 Land north of Kings Stanley Infant School , Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 146 Land opposite Kings Stanley Infant School , Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 159 Peaked Elm Farm, Selsley Yes 15/01/2010
King's Stanley 180 Land north of Bathleaze, Kings Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Kingswood 12 Land at Cloverlea Barn, Kingswood Yes 15/01/2010
Kingswood 19 Land at Merryford Farm, Kingswood No 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 15 Grange Farm West, Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 103 Downton Road/Bath Road , Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 170 Adj. School , Bath Road , Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 220 Brimley, Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 221 Rear of Chapel House, Chapel Terrace, Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Leonard Stanley 293 Mankley Road , Leonard Stanley Yes 15/01/2010
Longney 163 Land adjacent to Isabella Villas, Epney Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 21 Land at Wimberley Mills, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 45 Land to the east of Glebe Farm, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 47 The Lemon Field, Minchinhampton Yes 18/03/2010
Minchinhampton 51 Brimscombe Farm, Brimscombe Hill Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 70 Land south of Horsfall House, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 94 Land off Besbury Park , Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 96 Land off Besbury Lane , Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 97 Land east of Besbury Park , Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 116 Land at The Vicarage, The Roundabouts, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 166 Dockyard Works, off Knapp Lane , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 207 Seymour House and Westfield Cottage, Everest Close, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 208 Windmill Road, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 209 Holy Trinity Church and Questover April Cottage and Four Winds, off Butt Street , Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 210 Friday Street No 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 261 Wimberley Mills, Bourne Bridge , Knapp Lane , Thrupp No 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 290 The Tynings, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Minchinhampton 291 Old Common, Minchinhampton Yes 15/01/2010
Moreton Valence 185 land adjacent to M5 at Moreton Valence - Plot C Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 20 Land south of Lower Newmarket Road , Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 38 Land at Windsoredge, Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 86 Land at Whitecroft, Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 105 Land at Newmarket Road , Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 211 Land rear of former railway station, Watledge Road , Nailsworth No 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 212 Rear of Egypt Mill No 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 213 Land rear of the George pub No 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 214 Enderley, The Cottage and Hazelwood, Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 215 The Vicarage, off B4014 Avening Road , Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 216 Between B4058 Old Bristol Road and Old Horsley Road , Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
Nailsworth 237 Between Worley Ridge and New market Road, Nailsworth Yes 15/01/2010
North Nibley 34 Land opposite Fourways, Nibley Green No 15/01/2010
North Nibley 119 Windmill Fruit Farm, Southend, Wotton under Edge Yes 15/01/2010
Nympsfield 113 Land between Front Street & Church Street , Nympsfield Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 6 Washwell House, Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 71 Land adjacent to Richmond Care Village , Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 115 Land north east of Verlands, Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 118 Land south of sports ground, off A46, Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 128 Land behind Hoyland House, Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 164 Crab Orchard, off A46, Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 217 Red house & Washwell Cottage, Lower Washwell Lane , Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Painswick 218 St Mary's Home, Stamages Lane No 15/01/2010
Painswick 219 Painswick Mill, Kingsmill Lane , Painswick Yes 15/01/2010
Pitchcombe 46 Land at Merrywalks, Pitchcombe Yes 15/01/2010
Randwick 65 Land at Mount Farm , Randwick Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 53 Land off Bow Hill, Rooksmoor Yes 18/03/2010
Rodborough 58 Wallbridge Fields, Rodborough Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 62 Land at Fromehall Lane , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 83 Bownham Park School , Rodborough Common, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 110 Land off Butterow West, Rodborough Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 111 Land behind Woodhouse Drive , Rodborough Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 141 Land off Butterow Hill, Rodborough No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 147 Rodborough Fields, Rodborough Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 160 Lightpill Industrial Estate, Rodborough Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 174 Daniels Industrial Estate, Bath Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 179 Land north of Dudbridge Hill, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 191 Dudbridge Industrial Area, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Rodborough 192 Daniels Industrial Area No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 246 The Butts, Butterow West No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 251 Fromehall Park , Dudbridge Hill Street No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 255 Stroud Rugby Club No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 263 Land Adjacent to Fromehall, Bath Road , Rodborough, Stroud No 15/01/2010
Rodborough 266 Dudbridge Depot, Dudbridge Hill No 15/01/2010
Slimbridge 114 Land off St John's Road , Slimbridge Yes 15/01/2010
Slimbridge 123 Land off Moorend Lane , Slimbridge No 15/01/2010
Slimbridge 176 Caterham House, Cambridge Yes 15/01/2010
Standish 75 Horsemarling Farm, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Standish 169 Land at former hospital, Standish Yes 15/01/2010
Standish 184 Land adjacent to M5 at Moreton Valence - Plot B Yes 15/01/2010
Stinchcombe 8 Land east of Taits Hill Road , Cam Yes 15/01/2010
Stinchcombe 156 Clingre Farm, Stinchcombe Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 3 Foxes Field, Ebley Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 4 Land west of Bridgend House, Bridgend, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 28 Land opposite Avenue Terrace, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 31 Land adjacent to Southview, Newtown , Stonehouse No 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 60 Ebley Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 66 Land between 9-11 Ebley Road Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 67 Land between 13-15 Ebley Road Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 76 Land at Kimmins Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 77 The Shubberies School , Oldends Lane , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 78 Site of former Ship Inn, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 155 Land to the east of Bramble Lane , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 171 Site at former garden centre, off Ebley Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 172 Tily's Field, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 173 Willow Farm, Bristol Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 183 Former goods yard and branch line, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 222 Gloucester Road No 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 223 Cotswold Green, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 240 To south of Church Lane No 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 241 South of canal, Nutshell Bridge , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 242 Paper Mill, Lower Mills, Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 243 Bath Road No 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 244 Pearcroft Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 248 Pearcroft Road , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 249 Land to rear of Regent Street , Stonehouse Yes 15/01/2010
Stonehouse 250 Land off Old Bristol Road No 15/01/2010
Stroud 10 Land at Sladbrook, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 49 Land south of Bowbridge Lock, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 56 Land off Gunhouse Lane , Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 61 Land off Lodgemoor Lane , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 68 Bisley Old Road - Kilminster Farm, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 81 Land at Southfield , Park Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 82 Land off Belle Vue Road , Stroud No 15/01/2010
Stroud 84 Land at Wallbridge, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 87 Land behind Farmhill Lane , Stroud Yes 18/03/2010
Stroud 91 Grange Fields, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 98 Wades Farm, Slad Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 126 Wallbridge Quay, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 127 Land adjacent to Lodgemore Mills, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 143 Folly Lane, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 144 Land behind Summer Street, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 148 Land south of Callowell Farm, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 149 Land off Bisley Old Road, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 162 Land adjacent and to the rear of 188 Bisley Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 178 Bisley Old Road Allotments, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 182 Former Stroud Valley School , Ryeleaze Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 194 Lodgemore/Fromehall Mills, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 225 Land between Hillfield and Downfield, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 226 Stroud College , Stratford Road No 15/01/2010
Stroud 227 Libbys Drive, off Slad Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 238 Middle Leazes, off Parliament Street , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 245 Merrywalks, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 247 Park Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 254 Wallbridge Quay No 15/01/2010
Stroud 259 Disusedreservoir north west of junction with Bisley Road , Bisley Old Road No 15/01/2010
Stroud 267 Fromehall Mills, Chestnut Lane , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 270 Former Builders Yard and Bowls Club, Merrywalks, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 272 Lansdown Kennels and Dairy Crest, Bellevue Road , Stroud No 15/01/2010
Stroud 273 Land north of Fromehall Mills, Chestnut Lane No 15/01/2010
Stroud 278 Cheapside Car Park, Cheapside , Stroud No 15/01/2010
Stroud 284 Stafford Mills Industrial Estate, Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 287 Stroud Cricket Club, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 292 Top of Town, Mason Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Stroud 295 Cheapside wharf, Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 13 Land off Brimscombe Lane , Hill Farm, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 41 Land west of Millbrook, Toadsmoor Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 54 Quarry Hill Farm Fields, London Road , Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 57 Land off London Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 63 Land off Dallaway, London Road , Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 69 Gussage Mill, Toadsmoor Road , Brimscombe No 15/01/2010
Thrupp 80 Land adj football ground, London Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 106 Land north west of Oak Villa, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 107 Land south west of Canal Ironwortks, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 109 Former Golden Valley Service Station, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 131 Ham Mill, London Road , Stroud Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 136 Land off Toadsmoor Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 165 Brimscombe Mills, Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 181 Land between Hope Mill Lane and London Road No 15/01/2010
Thrupp 193 Brimscombe Port , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 228 Bourne Mills, London Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 229 Queenscourt, north of London Road, East Churchill Road , Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 262 Land at Brimscombe Corner, London Road No 15/01/2010
Thrupp 265 Land at Hope Lane , Hope Mill Lane No 15/01/2010
Thrupp 285 Hope Mills Industrial Estate, Brimscombe Yes 15/01/2010
Thrupp 286 Griffin Mills Industrial Estate, Thrupp Yes 15/01/2010
Upton St. Leonards Land adjacent to Pooles Farm, Upton St Leonards
Yes
 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 18 Land west of The Stanley, Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 89 Land south of High Street , Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 99 Bowden Hall Farm, Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 108 Land off The Stanley, Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 134 Land adj. Brockworth Airfield, Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 168 Rear of Perry Orchard, Upton St Leonards Yes 18/03/2010
Upton St. Leonards 253 Prinknash Abbey, Upton St Leonards No 18/03/2010
Whiteshill and Ruscombe 121 Land off Kitesnest Lane , Whiteshill Yes 15/01/2010
Whitminster 7 Land at Parklands, Whitminster Yes 15/01/2010
Whitminster 24 Land north west of Whitminster Yes 15/01/2010
Whitminster 40 Land to the rear of Parkland Farm, Whitminster Yes 15/01/2010
Whitminster 42 Highfields Nursery, Whitminster Yes 15/01/2010
Whitminster 44 Land off Hyde Lane , Whitminster Yes 15/01/2010
Woodchester 256 Orchard House, Woodchester Yes 15/01/2010
Woodchester 268 Rooksmoor Mills, Bath Road , Rooksmoor, Stroud No 15/01/2010
Woodchester 281 The Woodchester Piano Co Ltd, Woodchester Mill, Selsey Road, North Woodchester No 15/01/2010
Woodchester 282 South Woodchester Industrial Area Yes 15/01/2010
Wotton-under-Edge 104 Land at Holywell Farm, Wotton under Edge Yes 15/01/2010
Wotton-under-Edge 230 8 High Street & Stoked Bakery, Haw Street No 15/01/2010
Wotton-under-Edge 231 Land off the Chipping No 15/01/2010
Wotton-under-Edge 232 45 Water Lane , Wotton under Edge Yes 15/01/2010
Wotton-under-Edge 239 Land off Knapp Road and Fountain Crescent No 15/01/2010

Gloucestershire Strategic Housing Market Assessment

The County Council and the Six District Councils have worked together to produce a Strategic Housing Market Assessment for Gloucestershire (SHMA).

Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 3 "Housing" states "Local Development Documents and Regional Spatial Strategies policies should be informed by a robust, shared evidence base, in particular, of housing need and demand, through a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) and land availability, through a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment". (DCLG Nov 06)

In order to meet the requirements of PPS3, in 2007 the six Gloucestershire District and Borough Councils and Gloucestershire County Council jointly commissioned consultants to complete a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) for the Gloucestershire Housing Market Area of the South West Region.

Following stakeholder consultation the suite of SHMA documents was finalised on 16th February 2009. However, an additional chapter (see chapter 16) was added in April 2010 to summarise the results and the policy implications of the 2009 Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) (PDF). The SHMA documents are available to download below.

The Gloucestershire Strategic Housing Market Assessment Partnership have produced a Management Summary which outlines the SHMA process and helps explains the relationship of the component documents. It is advisable to read this first.

The SHMA is an evidence base that will continually evolve. The Gloucestershire SHMA Steering Group will update the SHMA when new and relevant information is available.

Sustainability Appraisals

Section 39 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act requires local development documents to be prepared with a view to contributing to the achievement of sustainable development. At the heart of sustainable development is the simple idea of ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for future generations. A widely used definition was drawn up by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" .

Local planning authorities must comply with European Union Directive 2001/42/EC which requires formal strategic environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.

Sustainability appraisal is a systematic and iterative appraisal process. The main purpose of sustainability appraisal is to appraise the social, environmental and economic effects of plan strategies and policies, from the outset of the preparation process, so that decisions can be made that accord with the objectives of sustainable development. Local planning authorities, in preparing local development documents must fulfil the minimum requirements of sustainability appraisal. It should be started as soon as a new or revised local development document is first considered, and should provide input at each stage when decisions are taken.

Sustainability appraisal should also be used in developing the arrangements for monitoring the implementation of the plan, which should lead to the identification of issues to inform the need for action or the revision/replacement of a local development document.

The scoping report and scoping report feedback and responses following a consultation period in early 2007 are available here.

Since 2007, there have been significant planning changes. To take account of these and changes to our agreed Local Development Scheme projects, the Council determined it was necessary to do a review of the 2007 scoping report and its associated objectives to ensure that they are as current as possible. The review was carried out in Spring 2009. This included a consultation period in early 2009 with statutory consultees . The reports are available here.

Appendices

There are a number of key stages to the sustainability appraisal process set out below.

Development Plan Document Pre- Production Stage

  • A. Setting the context and objectives, establishing the baseline and deciding on the scope
  • A1. Identify other relevant plans, programmes and sustainability objectives.
  • A2. Collect baseline information
  • A3. Identify sustainability issues
  • A4. Develop the SA framework
  • A5. Test the plan objectives against the SA framework
  • A6. Consult on the scope of the SA

Development Plan Document Production Stages

  • B. Developing and refining options
    B1. Appraise issues and options
    B2. Consult on the SA of emerging options
  • C. Appraising the effects of the plan
    C1. Predict the effects of the plan, including plan options
    C2. Assess the effects of the plan
    C3. Mitigate adverse effects and maximise beneficial effects
    C4. Develop proposals for monitoring
    C5. Prepare the SA report
  • D. Consulting on the plan and SA report
    D1. Consult on the SA report alongside the plan
    D2. Appraise significant changes
    D3. Decision making and provision of information

Adoption and Monitoring

  • E. Monitor implementation of the plan
    E1. Monitor the significant effects of the plan
    E2. Respond to any adverse effects

Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisals (PDF 496 KB)

Annual Monitoring Reports

The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) assesses the implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) and the extent to which policies in the Adopted Stroud District Local Plan and any subsequent Local Development Documents are being successfully implemented.

Monitoring is becoming an increasingly important aspect of policy making. ODPM guidance states that Local Development Framework (LDF) monitoring should adopt a positive, future orientated approach by identifying the key challenges, opportunities and possible ways forward for revising and adjusting spatial planning policies.

According to section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Local Planning Regulation 48 and SEA Regulation 17, authorities must undertake five key monitoring tasks. Within the AMR they are required to:

  • Review actual progress in terms of local development document preparation against the timescale and milestones in the local development scheme.
  • Assess the extent to which policies in local development documents are being implemented.
  • Where policies are not being implemented, explain why and to set out what steps are taken to ensure that the policy is implemented, or whether the policy is to be amended or replaced.
  • Identify the significant effects of implementing policies in local development documents and whether they are as intended.
  • Set out whether policies are to be amended or replaced.

5 Year Housing Supply

The Council is one of the 50 studied by Addison Associates on behalf of DCLG. We were asked to set out our 5 year land supply methodology following the provisional awards of Housing and Planning Delivery Grant. The document ‘justifying' our approach can found below. On the basis of this the Council received HPDG in recognition of having a 5 year land supply.

Employment Land Report

Housing Land Availability

Information is collected annually at 31 March on committed and completed housing developments in the Stroud District and contained in the following reports.

Glossary of Terms

  • The Act: the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
  • Annual monitoring report (AMR): part of the Local Development Framework, the annual monitoring report will assess the implementation of the Local Development Scheme and the extent to which policies in Local Development Documents are being successfully implemented.
  • Area action plan: used to provide a planning framework for areas of change and areas of conservation. Area Action Plans will have the status of Development Plan Documents.
  • Community strategy: local authorities are required by the Local Government Act 2000 to prepare these, with aim of improving the social, environmental and economic well being of their areas. Through the Community Strategy, authorities are expected to co-ordinate the actions of local public, private, voluntary and community sectors. Responsibility for producing Community Strategies may be passed to Local Strategic Partnerships, which include local authority representatives.
  • Core strategy: set out the long-term spatial vision for the local planning authority area, the spatial objectives and strategic policies to deliver that vision. The Core Strategy will have the status of a Development Plan Document. Development plan: as set out in Section 38(6) of the Act, an authority's development plan consists of the relevant Regional Spatial Strategy (or the Spatial Development Strategy in London) and the Development Plan Documents contained within its Local Development Framework.
  • Development plan documents (DPD): spatial planning documents that are subject to independent examination, and together with the relevant Regional Spatial Strategy, will form the development plan for a local authority area for the purposes of the Act. They can include a Core Strategy, Site Specific Allocations of land, and Area Action Plans (where needed). Other Development Plan Documents, including generic Development Control Policies, can be produced. They will all be shown geographically on an adopted proposals map. Individual Development Plan Documents or parts of a document can be reviewed independently from other Development Plan Documents. Each authority must set out the programme for preparing its Development Plan Documents in the Local Development Scheme.
  • Issues and Options: produced during the early production stage of the preparation of Development Plan Documents and may be issued for consultation to meet the requirements of Regulation 25.
  • Local development document (LDD): the collective term in the Act for Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents and the Statement of Community Involvement.
  • Local Development Order: allows local planning authorities to introduce local permitted development rights.
  • Local development framework (LDF): the name for the portfolio of Local Development Documents. It consists of Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents, a Statement of Community Involvement, the Local Development Scheme and Annual Monitoring Reports. Together these documents will provide the framework for delivering the spatial planning strategy for a local authority area and may also include local development orders and simplified planning zones.
  • Local development scheme (LDS): sets out the programme for preparing Local Development Documents. All authorities must submit a Scheme to the Secretary of State for approval within six months of commencement of the Act.
  • Local strategic partnership (LSP): partnerships of stakeholders who develop ways of involving local people in shaping the future of their neighbourhood in how services are provided. They are often single non-statutory, multi-agency bodies which aim to bring together locally the public, private, community and voluntary sectors.
  • Local transport plan (LTP): 5-year strategy prepared by each local authority for the development of local, integrated transport, supported by a programme of transport improvements. It is used to bid to Government for funding transport improvements.
  • Minerals and waste development framework: in two-tier areas, counties will be responsible for producing Minerals and Waste Development Frameworks and Schemes. The latter will be the equivalent of the Local Development Scheme.
  • Preferred options document: produced as part of the preparation of Development Plan Documents, and is issued for formal public participation as required by Regulation 26.
  • Proposals map: the adopted proposals map illustrates on a base map (reproduced from, or based upon a map base to a registered scale) all the policies contained in Development Plan Documents, together with any saved policies. It must be revised as each new Development Plan Document is adopted, and it should always reflect the up-to-date planning strategy for the area. Proposals for changes to the adopted proposals map accompany submitted development plan documents in the form of a submission proposals map.
  • Regional spatial strategy (RSS): sets out the region's policies in relation to the development and use of land and forms part of the development plan for local planning authorities. Planning Policy Statement 11 'Regional Spatial Strategies' provides detailed guidance on the function and preparation of Regional Spatial Strategies.
  • The Regulations: Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004, and the Town and Country Planning (Transitional Arrangements) Regulations 2004.
  • Saved policies or plans: existing adopted development plans are saved for three years from the date of commencement of the Act. Any policies in old style development plans adopted after commencement of the Act will become saved policies for three years from their adoption or approval. The Local Development Scheme will explain the authority's approach to saved policies.
  • Site specific allocations: allocations of sites for specific or mixed uses or development to be contained in Development Plan Documents. Policies will identify any specific requirements for individual proposals.
  • Statement of community involvement (SCI): sets out the standards which authorities will achieve with regard to involving local communities in the preparation of local development documents and development control decisions. The statement of community Involvement is not a development plan document but is subject to independent examination.
  • Strategic environmental assessment (SEA): a generic term used to describe environmental assessment as applied to policies, plans and programmes. The European 'SEA Directive' (2001/42/EC) requires a formal 'environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes, including those in the field of planning and land use'.
  • Supplementary plan documents (SPD): provide supplementary information in respect of the policies in Development Plan Documents. They do not form part of the Development Plan and are not subject to independent examination.
  • Sustainability appraisal (SA): tool for appraising policies to ensure they reflect sustainable development objectives (i.e. social, environmental and economic factors) and required in the Act to be undertaken for all local development documents.