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Primitive Methodist Church, New Road, Alton, Staffordshire, ST10 4AF

SMD/2024/0030Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of property to holiday let including refurbishment.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 457 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Primitive Methodist Church , New Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4AF. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 490 days, 60 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. The site is in the Alton and Farley conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,065 applications in total for the ST10 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
ST10 4AF
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
16 Villa Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7EA

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2024
Consultation expiry
27 June 2024
Consultation start
22 February 2024
Consultation end
27 June 2024
Target decision date
17 April 2024
Committee meeting
22 May 2025
Permission expires
22 May 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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