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Old Wharf Wharf Terrace Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire CW3 9LW

25/00957/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 April 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from two existing residential dwellings into a single childrens residential care home with integrated on-site education provision for up to six young people

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Madeley & Betley
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Old Wharf Wharf Terrace Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire CW3 9LW. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Madeley & Betley. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the CW3 postcode area.

98% of amendment applications at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CW3 9LW
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Madeley

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
24 March 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Sarah Wojtulewicz
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 March 2026
Site notice end
3 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14380985
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: T7-30\TPO0030Next to the site
  • Green belt: Newcastle-under-LymePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: The Old Wharf, Madeley HeathRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Newcastle under Lyme

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