Eight Homes Planned on Stratford’s Loxley Road, Where Nine Were Refused

Eight three-bedroom houses could replace Arden Heath Bungalow off Loxley Road in Stratford, two years after the council turned down nine homes on the same plot and little more than a year after it gave outline permission for up to six. The new application, 26/02575/FUL, is from Appletree Ventures Ltd, and people can comment until 23 November.

What’s planned

The 0.44-hectare site sits behind the houses on Loxley Road, reached by the bungalow’s existing private drive, with newer housing around Blackberry Lane on the other sides. The bungalow and its outbuildings would be demolished for eight two-storey houses, all for the open market, with 18 parking spaces. The plans show red brick, grey tiled roofs and built-in solar panels.

From nine, to six, to eight

In September 2024 the district council refused an earlier outline plan for nine homes from a different applicant. It said the indicative layout pointed to a “cramped and contrived design”, and that safe access hadn’t been shown. In August 2025 outline permission followed for up to six.

The architects, Studio Spicer, say the detailed layout shows eight can fit without harming the amenity of neighbours or future residents, and that it is a more efficient use of a site inside the town’s built-up boundary. They also point to the district’s housing shortage, giving the supply as 2.21 years. The council’s more recent figure is 2.43 years, as our report on the Bishopton plan explains. Existing trees and hedges would largely stay, with bird and bat boxes added.

What’s been said so far

Stratford Town Council made no formal representation but raised concerns. It accepts the principle because of the six-home permission, but says eight “appears to have made the layout rather cramped”, that rear gardens look small, particularly on Plot 2 with its large tree, and it asks whether the access suits eight homes and could conflict with pedestrians.

The district council’s waste team objects for now. Bin lorries can’t use private roads, so it wants a kerbside collection point by the highway, big enough for all four types of bin from each home. No county highways reply or public comment was on the file when we checked on 9 November.

What happens next

Comments can be made on the application page until 23 November, and the council’s target date for a decision is 8 December. To see what else is proposed nearby, try our planning near me map.

Alex Harrington

Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.