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1, Wharf Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST8 6AJ

DET/2024/0016Notification - Change of Use Prior ApprovalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 June 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval is not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to three-bedroom dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) There will be no structural works, with rooms sizes remaining the same with reallocated uses. Replacement windows will be provided as part of the works as well as other thermal improvements

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1 , Wharf Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6AJ. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 173 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks quicker than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 136 applications in total for the ST8 postcode area.

81% of amendment applications at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ST8 6AJ
Application type
Notification - Change of Use Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2024
Consultation expiry
21 June 2024
Consultation start
7 May 2024
Consultation end
21 June 2024
Target decision date
24 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
93 , Biddulph , Stoke on Trent , Staffordshire , ST8 6AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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