Land Adjacent To 27 Uley Road Dursley Gloucestershire

1. 1.The proposed residential development, by reason of its location within a highly sensitive pastoral corridor on the edge of Dursley and adjacent to the Cotswolds National Landscape, would result in the erosion of the rural character of the area, harmful encroachment into the countryside and harm to the character and scenic quality of the landscape. The development would therefore fail to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the Cotswolds National Landscape and would be contrary to Policy ES7 of the Stroud District Local Plan (2015), Paragraph N4(4) of the National Planning Policy Framework and the statutory duty to seek to further the purposes of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the National Landscape.
2. 2.In the absence of sufficient information and/or a completed legal mechanism securing appropriate mitigation, the Local Planning Authority, acting as the competent authority, cannot conclude that the proposal would not have an adverse effect on the integrity of the Severn Estuary Special Area of Conservation either alone or in combination with other plans and projects. The proposal is therefore contrary to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended) and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Parish

Dursley Town Council

Date validated

9 September 2026

Applicant

Private applicant

Case officer

Rachel Brown

Documents

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