A FURTHER 500 homes in the district could receive planning permission at a meeting to be held today, Thursday.

Stroud District Council’s development control committee will examine eight planning applications,with 548 homes across the district up for discussion.

These homes are not included in the increased housing numbers allocated in the Local Plan, which has now increased its housing numbers to 11,200.

However, a planning application for 90 homes on the land opposite Avenue Terrace in Bristol Road, Stonehouse, has been recommended for refusal by officers.

A further 17 homes in Bath Road, Leonard Stanley, have also been recommended for refusal on the basis that the proposed development would result in overdevelopment of the site as a result of its ‘poor design and layout’.

An application for another 95 homes in School Lane, Whitminster, is also due to be discussed on Thursday, with officers again recommending the proposal for refusal.

So far the application has received more than 60 letters of objection from residents.

Officers have resolved to grant permission on a separate application for 31 homes opposite this site in School Lane.

They have also recommended to grant permission for an application to build 19 homes in Nupend Farm, Horsley.

The committee will also be discussing an application for 196 homes in Canonbury Street, Berkley, and another 100 homes on land off Shakespeare Road in Dursley.

Both applications have been recommended for refusal.

Today’s meeting is expected to go on until 4pm at the earliest. The public can attend at the council chamber in Ebley Mill or watch via SDC’s webcast.