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Bethany Chapel Woodmancote Dursley Gloucestershire

S.26/0329/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of Chapel (Use Class F1) and erection of a single dwelling (Use Class C3).

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dursley Ward
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 120 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bethany Chapel Woodmancote Dursley Gloucestershire. Stroud has handled 3,349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 12 weeks longer than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Dursley Ward.

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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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Dursley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Target decision date
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
F. W. Beresford-Smith & Partners The Chase 30 High Bannerdown Batheaston Bath BA1 7JZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Rachel Brown
Statutory period
120 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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