https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/tags/speculative/Recent content in speculative on Gloucestershire DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 06 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/concerns-rise-over-stroud-district-housing-plans-amid-m5-junction-capacity-issues/Wed, 06 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/concerns-rise-over-stroud-district-housing-plans-amid-m5-junction-capacity-issues/Stroud District Council is confronting apprehensions about speculative housing developments as it works on a new local plan to meet the demand for approximately 820 new homes each year. Previously, planning inspectors expressed serious worries about the draft local plan, particularly highlighting capacity problems at M5 junctions 12 and 14. The draft plan aims to outline strategic growth and housing development in the district through to 2040. However, under the Government’s new planning system, the council must now prepare a fresh local plan by following a 30-month accelerated process, including three gateway stages designed to streamline planning approvals and update local plans across England.