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Core Strategy Consultation:
Alternative Strategies for shaping the future of Stroud District.
Between Monday 8th February and Monday 22nd March, we all have a chance to comment on the future growth and development of Stroud District. As part of a new planning framework, which will eventually replace the district’s Local Plan, the District Council is producing a document called the Core Strategy. This will be a plan that sets out how much new development should take place across the district over the next 20 years and, in very general terms, what should go where.
The District Council is publishing a range of possible routes that it could take in order to accommodate around 2,000 additional homes by 2026, as well as encouraging the generation of about two new jobs for every new household built. The challenge facing the Council is to ensure that future growth is managed in a sustainable way, making provision for homes, jobs and community facilities, whilst at the same time protecting and improving our environment. Should there be an urban focus for development (e.g. around the Gloucester fringe, Stroud, Stonehouse, Cam and Dursley)? Would it be best to have just one or two big developments or would it be more sustainable to disperse new development around smaller settlements and rural areas? Or should there be a mixture of these various approaches?
Each of the seven “alternative strategies” offers a way for the Council to meet its targets, but every one of them has pros and cons. The Council is inviting anyone that lives, works or invests in Stroud District to take part in this consultation and to make their views known, so that it can refine the various options and come up with the best possible solution for the District. The Core Strategy will not be finally adopted until next year and there are several more stages of consultation before then – but this is possibly the most important stage, because it will shape the overall direction for growth and development.
You can read the consultation documents and answer questions online from 8th February by visiting www.stroud.gov.uk/core
If not, documents will be available to view throughout the consultation period at all town and parish council offices that open to the public as well as public libraries across the district. They will also be available to view at the tourist information centre at the Stroud Subscription Rooms and the customer service centre at the District Council offices, Ebley Mill (there are computers for public internet access there as well).
You can get consultation response forms and a ‘mini guide’ to the seven strategies from any of these locations or call the Council’s planning strategy team on 01453 754143 or email core@stroud.gov.uk. There will also be a series of public exhibitions across the district, where you can chat to officers involved, as well as events targeted specifically at the business community and young people. If you are interested in participating in either of these or to find out about dates and venues for the public exhibitions, see the council’s website, the mini guide or contact the planning strategy team.
More details can be found in this PDF newsletter from SDC. 
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