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8, Birch Grove, Forsbrook, Staffordshire, ST11 9PT

SMD/2023/0465Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to care home for children (Use Class C2)

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 186 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 , Birch Grove , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9PT. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 20 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 85 applications in total for the ST11 postcode area.

80% of full 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
ST11 9PT
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
40 Sampson Avenue, Bramshall Meadows, Uttoxeter,

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Consultation start
10 October 2023
Consultation end
29 November 2023
Target decision date
4 December 2023
Committee meeting
28 March 2024
Permission expires
12 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy , Lichfield , Staffordshire , WS13 7DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
42

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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