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Honeysuckle Cottage Far End Sheepscombe Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 7RL

S.26/0141/HHOLDHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 25 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a single storey extension and garage conversion.

Received
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Painswick And Upton Ward
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Honeysuckle Cottage Far End Sheepscombe Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 7RL. Stroud has handled 3,349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Sheepscombe conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Painswick And Upton Ward. We hold 3,130 applications in total for the GL6 postcode area.

86% of full 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

  1. The application fails to provide adequate ecological information to enable the Local Planning Authority to properly assess the potential impacts of the proposed development. The house has potential to host roosting bats and no emergence surveys have been provided with the application. As such, there is insufficient information provided in order to assess the impact of the proposal on protected species, nor whether suitable avoidance, mitigation, or compensation measures are achievable. Accordingly, the application fails to demonstrate that the development would conserve or enhance the natural environment, and therefore conflicts with Policy ES6 of the Stroud District Local Plan.
  2. The extension and garage conversion proposed are considered to be of an inappropriate design and appearance, harmfully impacting on the host dwelling and its setting. The development proposal does not contribute to the sense of place nor does it appropriately consider the wider context. Accordingly, the application fails to demonstrate that the development would conserve or enhance its setting, nor is in keeping with it, and therefore conflicts with Policy HC8 and Core Policy CP14 of the Stroud District Local Plan.
  3. The extension and garage conversion proposed are considered to be of an inappropriate design and appearance, harmfully impacting on the conservation area. The development proposal is openly visible from the elevated highway; at odds with the character of protected heritage assets. Accordingly, the application fails to demonstrate that the development would conserve its setting; it is harmful to it and therefore conflicts with Policy ES10 of the Stroud District Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GL6 7RL
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Painswick Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Elevation One Building Design Ltd 25 Uley Road Dursley GL11 4NJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Amanda Cornelius

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sheepscombe
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Stroud

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