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Stafford Probation Centre Dorrington Drive Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3BF

26/42111/FULRefused

Refused on 26 October 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from commercial to residential use to include two apartments and ancillary accommodation, construction of a two-story extension to south of existing building to accommodate a dedicated access stairs to serve the proposed apartments, alterations to existing building and new vehicular access to Marston Road the provision of parking spaces to serve the development with associated site works

Received
21 April 2026
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 69 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Stafford Probation Centre Dorrington Drive Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3BF. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 590 applications in total for the ST16 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ST16 3BF

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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