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Amberley Parochial School Amberley Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5JG

S.26/0343/LBCListed Building ApplicationRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 3 July 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replace defective roof tiles with alternative. Enhance insulation to roofs.

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Amberley & Woodchester Ward
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Amberley Parochial School Amberley Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5JG. Stroud has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Amberley conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Amberley & Woodchester Ward. We hold 576 applications in total for the GL5 postcode area.

86% of heritage 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 proposal would fail to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the host Listed Building and its setting due to the loss of the traditional stone slate roof, a traditional and distinctive feature on the Grade II building. The harm is assessed as being less than substantial harm and therefore Paragraph 215 of the NPPF states, where a development proposal will cause harm to the significance of a designated heritage asset that is less than substantial harm, that harm is weighed against the public benefits of those works. In this particular instance the public benefits of the works set out in the supporting information are not sufficiently convincing and are therefore not considered to outweigh the harm to the significance of the Listed Building and its setting. The proposal is contrary Section 16(2) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Section 16, paragraphs 210, 212 and 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy ES10 of the Stroud Local Plan 2015.
  2. The proposal fails to address ecology concerns prior to determination. These include an updated Nocturnal Bat Survey Report (Cotswold Wildlife Surveys, 31st August 2025) and an amended proposed elevation to address: removal of the proposed bird box from the north gable end on the west elevation, found to have an active Swift nest, or if the stonework is to be re-pointed, specify a nesting Swift box be installed in the same location, to include the three House Martin nest cups recommended within the EcIA, to specify which other bird boxes will be installed and the addition of bat boxes. Therefore, insufficient information has been submitted in order to be able to adequately address the impacts on biodiversity in accordance with Policy ES6 of the Stroud District Local Plan 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GL5 5JG
Application type
Listed Building Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Minchinhampton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
11 April 2026
Consultation end
11 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Coombes Everitt Architects Limited 105-107 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7LE

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Morris

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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.

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