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Winsford Kingston Road Slimbridge Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 7BW

S.26/0708/FULRefused

Refused on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a C3 dwellinghouse to a C2 care home and new boundary treatments

Received
22 April 2026
Ward
Berkeley Vale Ward
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 59 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Winsford Kingston Road Slimbridge Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 7BW. Stroud has handled 7,904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Stroud's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Berkeley Vale Ward. We hold 1,577 applications in total for the GL2 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use of the existing dwelling to a children's care home would comprise development within the open countryside, outside the defined settlement development limits of Slimbridge. Whilst the proposal may provide a community service, insufficient evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that there is an identified need for the facility in this location or that it is essential for the development to be located within the countryside. As such, the proposal fails to satisfy the requirements of Policy CP15 of the Stroud District Local Plan, which permits development in the countryside only where it is essential to be located there and accords with one of the policy's specified exceptions. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy CP15 of the Stroud District Local Plan.
  2. The application site is located outside the defined settlement development limits of Slimbridge in a rural location that is not readily accessible by sustainable modes of transport. Although situated relatively close to the village, access is via a narrow lane with no footways and no street lighting, limiting opportunities for safe pedestrian travel. The proposed use would generate regular journeys associated with staff, residents, education provision, visitors and support services, resulting in a reliance on private vehicles. The proposal would therefore represent an unsustainable pattern of development contrary to Policies CP13, CP14(13,14) and EI12 of the Stroud District Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GL2 7BW
Parish
Slimbridge Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Carruthers

Additional information

Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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