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26 Westward Road Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 4JQ

S.26/0428/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from Cafe/Hotel/BnB (Class E and Class C1) to mixed use of Pharmacy (Class E) and five residential flats (Class C3)

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Cainscross Ward
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 171 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26 Westward Road Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 4JQ. Stroud has handled 3,349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 26 weeks longer than Stroud's typical decision time. The site is in the Stroud Industrial Heritage conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Cainscross Ward. We hold 580 applications in total for the GL5 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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Application details

Postcode
GL5 4JQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cainscross Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2026
Consultation expiry
11 June 2026
Consultation end
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Tragere LTD 15 Clumber Avenue Newcastle - Under - Lyme ST5 3AY

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Fearn

Additional information

Documents
25

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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