Skip to content

Paradise Cottage Birchmoor Lane Marston Church Eaton Stafford Staffordshire ST20 0AS

26/41774/LDCLawful Development Certificate_ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: AllowedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

To regularise works: Extension of existing second floor loft spaces to form 1 no. bedroom/snug space, access to an existing loft space to form attic room, and conversion of a loft space into a dressing room for bedroom 1 and formation of new stair cases to the second floor. Conversion of existing garage ground floor into residential accommodation, extension of existing garage first floor to form bedroom accommodation, all part of integral accommodation within the Paradise Cottage. Construction of balcony to converted garage's first floor.

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seighford And Church Eaton
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 62 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Paradise Cottage Birchmoor Lane Marston Church Eaton Stafford Staffordshire ST20 0AS. Stafford has handled 268 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 4 weeks quicker than Stafford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Seighford And Church Eaton. We hold 727 applications in total for the ST20 postcode area.

92% of amendment applications at Stafford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
ST20 0AS
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate_Existing
Parish
Church Eaton

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Permission expires
8 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr. Rowan Chislett Barn 5A Sutton Hall Farm Sutton Maddock TF11 9NQ

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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    6 Feb

    Retrospective approval for covered timber framed pergola and erection of driveway frontage brick pillars to…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside26/41779/HOU
  2. 2026
    5 Feb

    To regularise works: Extension of existing second floor loft spaces to form 1 no. bedroom/snug space, access…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment26/41774/LDC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    4 Feb

    Side extension and rear alterations to dwelling

    ApprovedHouseholder16/23642/HOU

Source: Stafford

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near ST20

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address