THE outcome of Stroud store wars will remain undecided until March next year.

Members of Stroud District Council’s development control committee have unanimously voted to defer their decision on three supermarket applications for Stroud at a meeting tonight, Tuesday.

The decision to defer was made after the council’s solicitor and officers said that a late proposal to turn the Market Tavern into a supermarket had to be considered in relation to the three other applications.

More to follow.