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Washlands Floodplain between Meadowside Drive and the River Trent Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire

P/2020/01498Detailed Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 June 2021

Council decision: Conditional Approval - CommitteePlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Burton Washlands Central Enhancements Project, comprising: wetland habitat creation with swales and pools; boardwalks for public access across the wetland areas; public open space improvements including planting and hard surfacing; a new play area; and platforms for access to the water's edge

Received
22 December 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Burton
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 160 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Washlands Floodplain between Meadowside Drive and the River Trent Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire. East Staffordshire has handled 3,393 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 17 weeks longer than East Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Burton No. 2 and 3 Town Centre conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

88% of full applications at East Staffordshire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Detailed Planning Application
Development type
U - Development Type
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Burton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2021
Consultation expiry
21 June 2021
Consultation start
14 January 2021
Consultation end
21 June 2021
Last date for comments
21 June 2021
Committee meeting
22 June 2021
Application expires
23 March 2021
Permission expires
23 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
68 days

Publicity

First advertised
22 January 2021
Site notice start
27 January 2021

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Burton No. 2 and 3 Town Centre

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    4 Dec

    Discharge of condition numbers 3 and 4 of planning permission P/2020/01498

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP/2023/01328
  2. 2022
    8 Mar

    Discharge of Condition Numbers 3, 4 and 9 of planning permission P/2020/01498

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP/2022/00299
  3. 2020
    22 Dec

    Burton Washlands Central Enhancements Project, comprising: wetland habitat creation with swales and pools…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/2020/01498

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    21 Dec

    Non-Material Amendment application to planning permission P/2020

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentP/2023/01409

Source: East Staffordshire

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