Southfield Park Road Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 2JQ
Refused on 2 February 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate to confirm use class C2 - ensuring the proposal for the building to be used as a children's home is lawful and does not require full planning permission.
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stroud District Council
- Ward
- Stroud Trinity Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 82 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Southfield Park Road Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 2JQ. Stroud has handled 340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Stroud's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Stroud Trinity Ward. We hold 576 applications in total for the GL5 postcode area.
73% of outline applications at Stroud District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate the lawful existing use (C2), the extent of the planning unit or the nature of the proposed use of Southfield. As such the authority is therefore not satisfied that on the balance of probability the existing use class and proposed use class of the building remain the same.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GL5 2JQ
- Application type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Stroud Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Matthews Warehouse High Orchard Street Gloucester Quays Gloucester GL2 5QY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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