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Stroud: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Stroud District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South West; within the county of GLS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Gloucestershire County Council. ONS code E07000082.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

Stroud District Council says it is required by the Government to plan for at least 846 new homes a year; its new Local Plan is at an early scoping stage.

“We are also required by the Government to plan for at least 846 new homes per year, which presents real challenges for the District.”

Stroud District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Not a plan target: the government's minimum figure cited on the New Local Plan 2026 page. Early (scoping) consultation ran 29 June to 9 August 2026 and has closed; page says 'No decisions have been made at this stage.' No page date shown.

Local plans on the national planning register Updated automatically

MHCLG planning data platform (planning.data.gov.uk), as supplied by the council; Open Government Licence. Stages are as recorded there, and some entries are old: each shows when the council last updated it.

Transport

Stroud District Council is funding 50 more bike racks across the district through its Walking and Cycling Fund.

“Stroud District Council is funding the installation of 50 additional bike racks across the district as part of its ongoing commitment to walking, cycling and sustainable transport.”

Stroud District Council, 6 May 2026. Read 25 September 2026. No open transport consultation found; most recent parking consultations listed on the consultations page are from 2025 (Marybrook Street Car Park, Cheapside Parking Order). Highways are run by Gloucestershire County Council.

Council tax

Band D set by Stroud for 2026–27: £250.35 of a £2,491.36 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Stroud District Council's 2026-27 council tax is £250.35 at Band D, a 2.99% increase.

“This year, the council tax you pay for services provided by Stroud District Council is £250.35 for a band D property, which is an increase of 2.99% per cent or around 14p per week.”

Stroud District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. 'SDC Council Tax Financial information 2026/27' leaflet, linked from https://www.stroud.gov.uk/council-tax/billing-information/. Council set the budget on 19 Feb 2026 (item CL.gov agenda).

Environment

Stroud District Council aims to cut its own direct emissions to net zero by 2030 and all its emissions (scope 3) by 2050 or sooner.

“SDC will reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions to net zero by 2030 and will reduce its Scope 3 emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner if possible.”

Stroud District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Ambition 1 of the Climate and Nature Strategy. Ambition 2: 'SDC will enable and encourage the district to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner if possible.' No page date shown.

Education

Education (schools) is not a district council function; in this area schools are run by Gloucestershire County Council. Where we looked

What Stroud is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

Recently

1 earlier meetings

  • Thu, 21 May 2026 · Full Council · (Annual Meeting)

    • Updates to ConstitutionMinutes published; result not yet read. Minutes
    • Appointment of Committee Chairs and Vice ChairsResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “RESOLVED That Councillors be appointed as Chair and Vice Chair to the Council’s committees as set out in these minutes for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Appointment to CommitteesResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “Councillor Terry Cook Councillor Chloe Turner Councillor Lindsey Green Councillor Demelza Turner-Wilkes RESOLVED That Councillors be appointed to the Council’s Committees as set out in these minutes for the Civic Year 2026/27.” Minutes
    • Chair of CouncilResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “RESOLVED That Councillor Kate Kay be elected Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Vice Chair of CouncilResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “RESOLVED That Councillor Matthew Sargeant be elected Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Other AppointmentsWe couldn’t read the result from the minutes. Minutes
    • Leader and Deputy Leader of Council (Chair and Vice Chair of Strategy and Resources Committee)Result: agreed, 21 May 2026. “RESOLVED That Councillor Chloe Turner be elected Leader of Council (Chair of Strategy and Resources Committee) and that Councillor Catherine Braun be elected Deputy Leader of Council (Vice Chair of Strategy and Resources Committee) for the Civic Year 2026/27.” Minutes
    • Outside BodiesResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “RESOLVED That Councillors be appointed to outside bodies as set out above for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Working GroupsResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “Councillor Cate James-Hodges Councillor Carol Kambites Councillor Terri Kinnison Councillor Holly Simkiss RESOLVED That Councillors be appointed to Working Groups as set out above for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Member ChampionsResult: agreed, 21 May 2026. “Litter and Clean Environment Champion Councillor Gill Thomas RESOLVED That Councillors be appointed as Member Champions as set out above for the Civic Year 2026-27.” Minutes
    • Appointment of Independent PersonsMinutes published; result not yet read. Minutes

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 2 November 2026. Refreshed weekly. Once a meeting’s minutes are published, each item shows the result in the minutes’ own words (carried, lost, withdrawn, deferred, noted or agreed), the recorded vote where the minutes give one, and a link to the minutes; where those words are not found, the page says so rather than guessing.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Stroud reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Stroud: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education servicesnone budgeted
Highways and transport services−£275,000
Children's social carenone budgeted
Adult social carenone budgeted
Public healthnone budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)£2.2 million
Cultural and related services£2.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services£9.8 million
Planning and development services£5.1 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£4.4 million
Other services£376,000
Total service expenditure£24.4 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Stroud: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Stroud.

People living here
126,418 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
46 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£28,288 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£626 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
17.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£353,416 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
8.6 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Greenhouse gases, per person
6.0 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
80.8% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
198.9 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
5,725 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Stroud from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

51 seats in 2026. Run by: Greens, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 24, Labour Party 17, Conservative and Unionist 6, Independent / Other 2, Liberal Democrats 2.

Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.

All 51 councillors, by ward
  • Sarah Canning (Green Party (E&W)) — Amberley and Woodchester
  • Charlie Tuffin (Conservative and Unionist) — Berkeley Vale
  • Lindsey Green (Conservative and Unionist) — Berkeley Vale
  • Paul Turner (Independent / Other) — Berkeley Vale
  • Martin Brown (Green Party (E&W)) — Bisley
  • Dave Mathews (Labour Party) — Cainscross
  • Elizabeth Stanley (Labour Party) — Cainscross
  • Fraser Dahdouh (Labour Party) — Cainscross
  • Ian Hamilton (Labour Party) — Cam East
  • Milly Hill (Labour Party) — Cam East
  • Chris Haynes (Labour Party) — Cam West
  • Terri Kinnison (Labour Party) — Cam West
  • Helen Fenton (Green Party (E&W)) — Chalford
  • James Boyle (Green Party (E&W)) — Chalford
  • Tricia Watson (Green Party (E&W)) — Chalford
  • Martin Pearcy (Green Party (E&W)) — Coaley and Uley
  • Bob Hughes (Labour Party) — Dursley
  • Helen Hughes (Labour Party) — Dursley
  • Terry Cook (Labour Party) — Dursley
  • Demelza Turner-Wilkes (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardwicke
  • Gill Oxley (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardwicke
  • Mark Ryder (Conservative and Unionist) — Hardwicke
  • Holly Simkiss (Liberal Democrats) — Kingswood
  • Chloe Turner (Green Party (E&W)) — Minchinhampton
  • Gill Thomas (Green Party (E&W)) — Minchinhampton
  • Kate Kay (Green Party (E&W)) — Nailsworth
  • Maggie Dutton (Labour Party) — Nailsworth
  • Steve Robinson (Labour Party) — Nailsworth
  • Gary Luff (Green Party (E&W)) — Painswick and Upton
  • Matthew Sargeant (Green Party (E&W)) — Painswick and Upton
  • Pete Kennedy (Green Party (E&W)) — Painswick and Upton
  • Jonathan Edmunds (Green Party (E&W)) — Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe
  • Katy Hofmann (Labour Party) — Rodborough
  • Nigel Prenter (Labour Party) — Rodborough
  • Moya Shannon (Green Party (E&W)) — Severn
  • Robert Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Severn
  • Carol Kambites (Green Party (E&W)) — Stonehouse
  • John Callinan (Labour Party) — Stonehouse
  • John Parker (Independent / Other) — Stonehouse
  • Cate James-Hodges (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Central
  • Shyama Ananthan (Labour Party) — Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill
  • Natalie Rothwell-Warn (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Slade
  • Lucas Schoemaker (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Trinity
  • Cath Moore (Labour Party) — Stroud Uplands
  • Martin Baxendale (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Valley
  • Marisa Godfrey (Green Party (E&W)) — The Stanleys
  • Steve Hyndside (Green Party (E&W)) — The Stanleys
  • Helen Elliott-Boult (Green Party (E&W)) — Thrupp
  • Catherine Braun (Green Party (E&W)) — Wotton-under-Edge
  • Gareth Kitchen (Green Party (E&W)) — Wotton-under-Edge
  • Linda Cohen (Liberal Democrats) — Wotton-under-Edge

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

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Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.