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Land Adjacent To Far Winstone Cottage Oakridge Lynch Stroud Gloucestershire

S.26/0567/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 May 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

A phased development of 2-4 self-build dwellings (Class C3).

Received
27 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bisley Ward
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent To Far Winstone Cottage Oakridge Lynch Stroud Gloucestershire. Stroud has handled 340 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Stroud's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Bisley Ward. We hold 3,126 applications in total for the GL6 postcode area.

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 outside settlement limits. As such the proposal does not 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 Cotswolds National Landscape and contributes to the open, agricultural character at the edge of the settlement of Oakridge Lynch. The land parcel has been assessed in the Councils Landscape Sensitivity Assessment as having a medium sensitivity to housing development, due to potential impacts on the open wold tops character of the area. It has also been identified as part of a key view into the settlement in the emerging Bisley with Lypiatt NDP. Residential development would appear as a clear intrusion into the National Landscape and result in an expansion beyond the defined settlement limit of Oakridge Lynch, away from the prevailing built form and the natural edge of the settlement. It is therefore contrary to Policies ES7 and CP14 of the Stroud Local Plan, November 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GL6 7NZ
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bisley With Lypiatt Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Target decision date
29 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Fearn
Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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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