Tiny hamlet near Nailsworth to almost double in size after plans for 16 homes get green light

Plans for the new homes in Nupend were given full planning permission after a vote by Stroud District Council (SDC) on Tuesday night. It was passed by 8 votes to 4.

It will see a developer Edenstone Homes demolish listed agricultural buildings at Nupend Farm in Boscombe Lane to make way for a new-look housing development.

This application was adapted slightly after previous proposals were also passed by the council’s development committee back in November 2015.

The revised plans were shaped to fit more in line with the Stroud District Local Plan, which was also adopted in November that year.

The site will include eleven four-and-five-bedroom houses, five affordable two-and-three-bedroom houses, associated parking and landscaping works.

At a total of 16 properties, it will almost double the size of the small community, which currently has only 21 houses.

Campaigners had raised concerned the build would completely change the face of the area, put more pressure on the village school and increase traffic on the roads.

Some in the community had also objected because the development is in the AONB and outside the village settlement boundary.

The planning application on SDC’s website gathered many hundreds of objections.

Nupend Farm is located to the south of the B4058, which is the main road running through the village of Horsley, near Nailsworth.

The site is 1.48 hectares and comprises 13 large modern agricultural buildings.

The area also includes English Heritage Building Nupend Farmhouse and a Grade II listed stone barn, both of which will be demolished.

As part of the agreement, Edenstone Homes has pledged to make a “financial contribution” of £43,400 towards the local community, and £40,900 to the education authority Gloucestershire County Council.