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Lee Farm, Mill Lane, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, SK11 0RS

SMD/2023/0601Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 3 April 2024

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of attached barn to ancillary residential accommodation to Lee Farmhouse

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lee Farm , Mill Lane , Rushton Spencer , Staffordshire , SK11 0RS. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 8 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,345 applications in total for the SK11 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
SK11 0RS
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lea Farm, Meerbrook, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 8SR

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 March 2024
Consultation start
9 January 2024
Consultation end
13 March 2024
Target decision date
28 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Vine House , Ashbourne , DE6 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    1 Dec

    Change of use of attached barn to ancillary residential accommodation to Lee Farmhouse

    This applicationApprovedFullSMD/2023/0601
  2. 2023
    1 Dec

    Application for Planning Permission; Listed Building Consent for - Change of use of attached barn to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSMD/2023/0602

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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