Stinchcombe Parish Council Meeting

15th April 2026

My informal notes and personal comment from last night's Parish Council meeting. Cllr Braun and Cohen had sent apologies. Some discussion in the public forum about a heavy traffic sign that had been knocked down on Tait's Hill road.

October for the next litter pick, possibly the 11th time to be reviewed. Kath Hudson is retiring next month and a replacement is needed for Speedwatch group.

This month's SDC Councillors' report was circulated as in open document format, used by lots of software like LibreOffice & OpenOffice etc. Microsoft, it seems, has trouble opening such documents. Will revert to Microsoft's .docx format next month.

Consequently, I spent a bit longer than normal going though the report. The downsizing policies were well received. Discussion on the Lido. Chair commented on some items in Cllr Cohen's report.

Planning application S.26/0579/HHOLD 2 Nubbis Ashe, Berkeley Road, Berkeley was discussed - No Comment. Another was discussed, also No Comment.

Lots discussion about Appeal 6002408, Tait's Hill S.25/0447/OUT. I gave a summary of my very rough notes from a meeting with the SDC Planning Officer and Cllr Braun the previous day:-

Cllr Braun has contacted the Action group regarding best places to view the development. That's at SDC now, to work it up. Appellant sets the timetable and SDC asked for their views and fed into it. Will have to see how things unfold next week with what the Inspector decides.

Day one will work out if round-table is actually required. It looks like highways issues may have been 'resolved', SDC chasing GCC for info. Not sure how this works with the Speedwatch data, for example.

Day two is the site visit. Inspector to decide if alone or as a group. Landscaping later in the day.... Apparently BNG is resolved as appellant is offering 40% affordable housing. SDC checking. Open Space resolved through the s106 agreement. No schools contribution but that will be through CIL, probably, in collaboration with GCC. SDC checking. Severn Estuary monies are in the s106 agreement at £1k per dwelling (mitigation strategy).

Then followed an update on SDC development of Stinchcombe Swedish Houses. The Chair indicated, quite strongly, that they feel very dissatisfied by how they have been treated by SDC. Not only with the Swedish Homes but also the Tait's Hill application too. There was much concern about safety whilst egressing the Swedish houses site and exasperation that work to address this cannot be linked to the planning application. I've fed this back to SDC.

It is within my gift to 'call-in' the application, which I've offered to do. At least that will offer another opportunity to voice concerns.

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