Inspectors have recommended Stroud District Council's draft local plan be withdrawn due to concerns over capacity of junctions 12 and 14 of the M5.

A Gloucestershire council has been advised to withdraw their flawed 12,000-home blueprint amid concerns over junction capacity on two junctions of the M5 as new evidence will not be considered.

Stroud District Council was asked earlier this year by Government-appointed planning inspectors to withdraw their local plan amid concerns over capacity at junctions 12 and 14.

The blueprint aims to set out future strategic development and details the levels and types of growth planned for the area until 2040.

But inspectors have raised serious concerns over the need to upgrade junctions 12 and 14 to accommodate the housing growth which is expect

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