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9 Newsam Close Keele Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5FL

26/00146/PLDCert of lawfulness of prop developmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate for the Proposed residential care home (Class C2) use of the property for two children with a maximum of two carers on site at any one time (plus daily visits from a manager). Two members of care staff would be present overnight.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Keele
Agent
Emery Planning
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 9 Newsam Close Keele Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5FL. Newcastle under Lyme has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Newcastle under Lyme's typical decision time. The site is in the Keele conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Keele. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the ST5 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
ST5 5FL
Application type
Cert of lawfulness of prop development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Keele

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026
Decision issued
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Emery Planning
Agent address
1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield SK11 8BS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14700738
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Keele
  • Article 4 direction: Keele
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO7/0140Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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