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Land East Of Ridding Bank Hanchurch Staffordshire ST4 8SD

26/41936/FULRefused

Refused on 24 September 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural land to equestrian use and construction of a 20m x 40m outdoor riding arena menage with permeable sub-base, sand and fibre surface and associated drainage

Received
11 March 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 69 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land East Of Ridding Bank Hanchurch Staffordshire ST4 8SD. Stafford has handled 6,502 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stafford's typical decision time. The site is in the Hanchurch conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 404 applications in total for the ST4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ST4 8SD

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Consultation end
10 August 2026
Target decision date
25 September 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hanchurch
  • Green belt: Stafford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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: Stafford

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