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Apeton Manor Farm Cottage Apeton Stafford Staffordshire ST20 0AE

25/41353/PAFAgricultural Building to Flexible UseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Deemed Consent

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application for the change of use of agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use comprising Use Class E (commercial, business or service).

Received
27 October 2025
Ward
Seighford And Church Eaton
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 128 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Apeton Manor Farm Cottage Apeton Stafford Staffordshire ST20 0AE. Stafford has handled 60 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 6 weeks longer than Stafford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Seighford And Church Eaton. We hold 726 applications in total for the ST20 postcode area.

84% of all 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
ST20 0AE
Application type
Agricultural Building to Flexible Use
Parish
Church Eaton

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2025
Last date for comments
6 January 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Alex Bruce Beech House Anchorage Avenue Shrewsbury SY2 6FG

Publicity

Site notice end
6 January 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Source: Stafford

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