Randwick was first designated as a conservation area in June 1990. Following a review of the area, some changes were made to the original boundary in June 2025. A Character Appraisal and Conservation Area Management Plan were also adopted for the purposes of supplementary planning advice in June 2025.
You can check the current conservation area boundaries by using the Local Plan online mapping facility or Planning Constraints maps: [note: these online platforms have not yet been updated to reflect the recent boundary changes. You can see the revised boundary on a PDF map]
View current conservation area boundaries
On Thursday 12th June 2025, the Council's Environment Committee voted to adopt a Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan for Randwick, to help inform planning decisions and steer the application of Local Plan policies within the conservation area. The Environment Committee papers can be viewed here.
Please note: The documents available here are the 'Drafts for adoption', dated June 2025. Page referencing, cross-references, indexing, contents page numbering, some illustrations, some maps and some image captions (and any necessary minor corrections) are currently being finalised. Once completed, an adopted 'publication version' of the Character Appraisal and Management Plan will be uploaded instead. The adoption versions may be used for development management purposes in the meantime.
On 10th July 2025, the local planning authority served notice of a proposed Article 4 Direction affecting a small number of residential dwellinghouses in the conservation area:
Notice of making an Article 4(1) Direction (without immediate effect)
During the statutory 21-day notice period (Friday 18th July - Friday 8th August 2025), the local planning authority received a number of representations concerning the direction, most of which were objections. Some representations contained relevant information about the current condition of certain affected dwellinghouses and other material considerations. In deciding whether to confirm or vary the direction, the local planning authority took into account any representations received during the notice period.
The proposed direction was NOT subsequently confirmed by the Council's Environment Committee and therefore it did NOT come into force on Friday 19th September 2025. The final publication version of the Randwick Conservation Area Management Plan will be amended and updated to reflect this position.
Stroud District Council hosted public consultation on a first draft Conservation Area Statement during Spring 2024 (see below). In light of comments received from the local community and other stakeholders, the District Council has subsequently worked with the Parish Council to re-work the material and to draft a revised Character Appraisal and separate Management Plan, which are now available as 'Drafts for Adoption' (above).
Randwick and Westrip Parish Council has worked with specialist consultants to produce a Draft CAS, which describes the character and historic significance of the conservation area and sets out a series of management proposals and design guidelines to help ensure the conservation area is conserved and enhanced. Subject to and any necessary amendments, Stroud District Council will consider adopting the document as Supplementary Planning Advice (SPA), to help inform planning decisions and steer the application of Local Plan policies within the conservation area.
Stroud District Council ran a six week public consultation on the Draft CAS, from Wednesday January 10th - Wednesday February 21st 2024. We have considered all comments made during this time and have collated them into a summary document for Randwick and Westrip Parish Council, together with recommendations for potential amendments to the Draft CAS. The Parish Council discussed these at their March meeting and have asked SDC officers to redraft the CAS as necessary and provide a revised draft to them in due course.
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Randwick Conservation Area Statement - Draft for Consultation 2024 Randwick Conservation Area Review - Parish Consultation Summary 2022 Map: proposed boundary changes (please see Part 5 of the Draft Document for more detail) Randwick CAS - Public Consultation Summary and Recommendations (March 2024) |
View the Report to Environment Committee 14/09/2023, seeking approval to commence public consultation.
We would like your views about the content of the Draft CAS, including proposed boundary changes and an Article 4(2) Direction to remove certain permitted development rights from some dwellings in the conservation area.
In particular, we would like to know if you think this Draft is factually accurate? Are there any factual or typographical errors? Are the proposals clear, justified and reasonable? Has anything been missed?
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NOW CLOSED Please give us your views via our online survey. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SURVEY - you can skip questions and choose which bits you would like to comment on. You can save progress at any point and return later to complete and submit your survey response. The survey includes an opportunity for you to upload text or image files to support your comments. |
| Please use the online survey if you can, as this greatly streamlines the consultation process and our ability to analyse results effectively. As an alternative, you can email local.plan@stroud.gov.uk - please reference Randwick Conservation Area in your subject header. | |
| Or post comments to: Randwick Conservation Area consultation, The Planning Strategy Team, Stroud District Council, Ebley Mill, Stroud, GL5 4UB | |
| Date for the diary: 7.15pm Thursday January 18th. Residents and stakeholders are welcome to come to the public forum at the start of the Parish Council Meeting in Randwick Village Hall. This is an opportunity to ask members of the Parish Council and Officers from Stroud District Council any questions you may have about the Conservation Area Review and the draft document. | |
| Responses to this consultation will be used for the purpose of evaluating the draft Conservation Area Statement and individual proposals within it, and identifying any changes that are necessary before it can be adopted for Planning purposes. Your comments may be published in full or in summary, but no personal data will be published and responses will be anonymised. You can find more information about data protection and how the Council processes personal information here. |
