Current Progress

The planning application was received by Stroud District Council on the 28th July 2021 and is currently awaiting validation.

Through evaluation and consultation, particularly in reference to the Design Codes and Design Statements for Cam, the proposals have evolved with a thorough appreciation of both the immediate character and the environmental credentials of the site.

The Parish Council provided comments on the initial concept masterplan, which included: the need for a car park to serve the existing playing fields and the provision of allotments on site. These main comments were taken into consideration through the evolution of the design process.

Through this process, four guiding principles have shaped the current design of the built form. These principles are:

• The layout structure should take reference from local routes and spaces, to prioritise the pedestrian/cyclist and offer a range of street characters and styles suitable to the location and function of the street;

• Development will overlook green spaces such as the ‘green fingers’ running east to west across the site, as well all soft green edges around the periphery, to provide an attractive outlook for new residential development;

• Planned new green spaces either around existing landscape features such as key mature trees or entirely new spaces can be framed by built form to create distinctive spaces; and

• New homes will be of a similar scale and form to development within Cam, and respect traditional building forms and styles, with 2.5 to 3 storey dwellings limited to key movement corridors and spaces.

Similarly, the green infrastructure design has also been shaped by key objectives. These are:

• Retain and enhance existing site features, such as the hedgerows, trees and water features on the site;

• Create a series of ‘green fingers’ made up of a GI network and new ‘snickets’ throughout the development;

• Knit the scheme into the wider GI network to preserve habitats and where appropriate create new green corridors to connect areas of existing ecological value;

• Design SuDS features and a drainage strategy to provide recreational, visual and ecological benefit; and

• Achieve an overall net gain in biodiversity.