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Highfields Social Club Barnes Road Highfields Stafford Staffordshire ST17 9RL

22/35957/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 30 April 2025

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing social club and construction of 18 new affordable dwelling houses and flats including all associated external works, landscaping and infrastructure

Received
14 April 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Highfield And Western Downs
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 1070 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highfields Social Club Barnes Road Highfields Stafford Staffordshire ST17 9RL. Stafford has handled 3,847 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Highfield And Western Downs. We hold 2,183 applications in total for the ST17 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Stafford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ST17 9RL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
18
Parish
Stafford M B

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2022
Consultation expiry
29 September 2022
Consultation end
29 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2022
Last date for comments
13 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss C Stainton 50 Guildford Lane Danesmoor Chesterfield S45 9BP

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 July 2022
Site notice end
8 July 2022

Additional information

Documents
64

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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