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Salters Ford Farm, Newtown Road, Newtown, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST8 7SW

DET/2024/0042Agricultural/Forestry DeterminationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 5 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for - A new agricultural storage building Length 18.7m, Height to eaves 3.6m, Breadth 12.1m. Height to ridge 5.4m

Received
11 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 25 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a planning application at Salters Ford Farm , Newtown Road , Newtown , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SW. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 91 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 6 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 all 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 7SW
Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Consultation expiry
4 November 2024
Consultation end
4 November 2024
Target decision date
8 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Robin Hill , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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: Staffordshire Moorlands

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