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The Bungalow Adjacent Nags Head Lane Minchinhampton Gloucestershire

S.26/0345/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a self-build dwelling and demolition of existing storage building.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Minchinhampton Ward
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at The Bungalow Adjacent Nags Head Lane Minchinhampton Gloucestershire. Stroud has handled 340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Minchinhampton Ward.

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

  1. The application site is located outside defined settlement development limits. It does not form part of a strategic allocation, nor does it meet the exception principles that support development beyond settlement boundaries. Due to its isolated location, separation from nearby properties at Hampton Fields and the Minchinhampton settlement, and poor accessibility, the site is not an appropriate or sustainable location for housing development. As such, the proposal fails to support the adopted development strategy and is contrary to policies CP2, CP3 and CP15 of the adopted Stroud District Local Plan (November 2015).
  2. The proposed development site is located within the Cotswold National Landscape, where the landscape is relatively open and the site is highly visible from public viewpoints. The site is surrounded by open fields, and the introduction of a dwelling with associated amenity space and domestic paraphernalia would appear as an incongruous domestic intrusion into the countryside. The proposal would therefore be incompatible with the rural character and appearance of the area. As such, the development would fail to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the landscape and is contrary to Policy ES7 of the Stroud Local Plan (November 2015) and Policy MP Env 1 of the Minchinhampton Development Plan.
  3. The site falls within the Zone of Influence for the Rodborough Common SAC and Cotswolds Beechwoods SAC and therefore the development would be classed as 'habitats development', likely to have a significant effect on qualifying European sites. In the absence of mitigation (a signed S.106 agreement) to secure mitigation against the likely impact, this site is precluded from a grant of Permission in Principle under Article 5B of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Minchinhampton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
BAK Planning 17 Peghouse Rise Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 1RU

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Carruthers

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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