Cemetery, Congleton Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST8 7RG
Approved on 7 November 2024
Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Construction / provision of 333No proposed cremation burial plots and proposed 'Garden of Remembrance' area including a 2.1m high brick wall, metal gazebo, paving and seating.
- Received
- 4 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated12 Sep
- Consult.Consultation7 Nov
- TargetTarget Date7 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Cemetery , Congleton Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7RG. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 6 days quicker than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 136 applications in total for the ST8 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
- ST8 7RG
- Application type
- Full - MINOR
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 17 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 7 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 7 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Clerk Bank House , Leek , Staffordshire Moorlands , ST13 5HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 202626 Jan
Discharge of Conditions 3 and 4 in relation to SMD/2024/0401
Under assessment by case officerDischarge of conditionsDOC/2026/0009 - 20244 Sep
Construction / provision of 333No proposed cremation burial plots and proposed 'Garden of Remembrance' area…
This applicationApprovedFullSMD/2024/0401
Source: Staffordshire Moorlands
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