Your chance to help shape Stroud district by 2040
By Bev Hawes | 23rd November 2018
Stroud District Council is hitting the road and reaching out online to get as many views as possible on how the district will look by 2040.
The council must find room for 12,800 homes by then, and is consulting on the main issues around where people live, work and visit before it is finally adopted in 2021 as the district's blueprint for development.
To gain maximum response, the council is running 12 public exhibitions, holding a town and parish council conference, communicating directly with key stakeholders and individuals, there is an online survey to fill in, and comments made on the council's social media channels will be collated.
"Stroud District Council was the first in Gloucestershire to get its Local Plan signed off in 2015 but we were told we must revisit it and we have to find room for more homes," said council leader Cllr Doina Cornell. "We must address this issue, so that we retain control of where development will be, rather than being told by Government.
"It's really important that as many people as possible have their say, via the online survey, public exhibitions, social media and more traditional methods. The proposed sites are not set in stone and alternatives can be put forward at this stage."
Garden villages, brownfield regeneration, meeting local needs in villages and supporting town centres are all up for debate. The 12,800 homes target calculated by central Government is driven by a high need and relatively high cost of housing - it must be reached or Stroud District Council could lose some control of the planning process and Government could instead dictate where homes are built locally.
In this consultation, the council wants to know whether people think the Emerging Strategy addresses future development needs. At this stage, alternative approaches and development sites can be considered too.
Stage 2 of the Local Plan Review, The Emerging Strategy public consultation, runs until 18th January
.Public exhibition dates:
Stroud
Subscription Rooms, George Street
Saturday 24th November, 10.30am - 1.30pm
Kingswood
Village Hall, Wickwar Road
Monday 26th November, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Painswick
Town Hall, Victoria Square
Wednesday 28th November, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Sharpness
Village Hall, Oldminster Lane
Saturday 1st December, 10.30am - 1.30pm
Slimbridge
Village Hall, St Johns Road
Monday 3rd December, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Nailsworth
Mortimer Room, Old Market
Wednesday 5th December, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Cam
Parish Council Office
Saturday 8th December, 10.30am - 1.30pm
Dursley
Methodist Hall, Castle Street
Tuesday 11th December, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Minchinhampton
Youth Hub, Tobacconist Road
Wednesday 12th December, 2.30pm - 6.00pm
Stonehouse
Town Hall, High Street
Thursday 13th December, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
Wotton
Town Hall, Market Street
Monday 17th December, 1.30pm - 5.30pm
Hardwicke
Village Hall, Green Lane
Tuesday 18th December, 2.30pm - 6.30pm
The consultation is part of reviewing the current Stroud District Local Plan - it was approved by a Government-appointed inspector in 2015 with the proviso that it reviews it soon after.
In the current Local Plan period from 2006 to 2031, the target for Stroud District Council is 11,400 homes, of which 5,120 have been built and 1,400 have been allocated. Currently 456 homes per year are being built in the Stroud District. However, the new National Planning Policy Framework announced in July raises the target to 638 per annum - the nearest to this figure in Stroud District was 573 homes in 2014/15.
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