MOTORISTS have reacted with shock after plans were revealed to build homes in the town's only long-stay car park.

WORKS are in the offing which civic leaders say would create new homes and improve access to the railway station, the canal and town centre.

Cllr Catherine Braun, leader of Stroud District Council, said: "This new vision for investment at Cheapside by Stroud station presents an opportunity for regeneration in line with the town's ambitions ...