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Upper Farm Shut Lane Head Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 4DS

26/00082/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 September 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of one serviced plot for self-build and custom housebuilding (all matters reserved except access and scale) (Amended blue edge plans received 14.03.2026).

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1 · last counted 29 October 2026
Ward
Maer & Whitmore
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Upper Farm Shut Lane Head Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 4DS. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 237 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 20 weeks longer than Newcastle under Lyme's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Maer & Whitmore. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the ST5 postcode area.

65% of outline 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
ST5 4DS
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitmore

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
10 April 2026
Consultation start
16 March 2026
Consultation end
6 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DCMS
Agent address
DCMS 597 Etruria Road Basford Stoke On Trent ST4 6HP

Planning decision

Case officer
Charles Winnett
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 March 2026
Site notice end
10 April 2026

Appeal history

6007668
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 29 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: not_received
Green Belt

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14658119
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: T7-2\TPO0002Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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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