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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stroud District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,442 approved · 458 refused · 368 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Apr 2012 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rodborough Fort Rodborough Hill Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5BL
Received 5 Jun 2025Rodborough Fort Rodborough Hill Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 5BL
Received 5 Jun 2025Brownshill House Brownshill Road Brownshill Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8AS
Received 5 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 6 Elmgrove Road West Hardwicke Gloucester Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jun 2025The Former Telephone Exchange Bath Road Hardwicke Gloucester Gloucestershire GL2 2RG
Received 6 Jun 2025Land At The White House Churchend Slimbridge Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jun 2025Land At The White House Churchend Slimbridge Gloucestershire
Received 6 Jun 2025Northfields Old Bristol Road Nailsworth Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 0LJ
Received 4 Jun 2025TPO 533 Site Of Former Standish Hospital Beatrice Webb Lane Standish Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jun 2025Daunceys Mill Lampern Hill Uley Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 5BT
Received 6 Jun 2025Land At M5 Junction 13 West Of Stonehouse Eastington Gloucestershire
Received 5 Jun 202543 Orchard Leaze Cam Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 6HY
Received 6 Jun 2025Box House Box Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 9HB
Received 6 Jun 2025Ael Y Bryn Hayes Road Forest Green Nailsworth Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 0EB
Received 6 Jun 202545 Frithwood Park Brownshill Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8AB
Received 9 Jun 2025Xanadu Commercial Road Chalford Hill Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8EU
Received 9 Jun 2025Daneshill House Box Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 9HD
Received 9 Jun 20252 The Chestnuts Cowswell Lane Bussage Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 8AT
Received 9 Jun 2025Willingdon High Street Upton St Leonards Gloucester Gloucestershire GL4 8DG
Received 9 Jun 2025Land At Hillsleigh House Brimscombe Lane Brimscombe Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jun 2025Sunnyside Nurseries Cam Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 5JA
Received 9 Jun 2025Unit 1 13 High Street Stonehouse Gloucestershire GL10 2NG
Received 9 Jun 20251 Churchill Way Painswick Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 6RQ
Received 9 Jun 2025Land North Of Windsoredge Lane Nailsworth Gloucestershire
Received 9 Jun 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Stroud District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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