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Land Adj Fulwood, School Road, Bagnall, Staffordshire

SMD/2025/0197Outline - MINOR appsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Outline Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Outline planning permission with all matters reserved for proposed bungalow with garage

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bagnall and Stanley,
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Land Adj Fulwood , School Road , Bagnall , Staffordshire ,. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 631 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 30 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Bagnall and Stanley,. We hold 136 applications in total for the ST8 postcode area.

85% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application of the policies in the NPPF that protect an area of particular importance, a designated heritage asset (Bagnall Conservation Area), provide a strong reason for refusing the development. The proposed development would, for the purposes of the NPPF, result in less than substantial harm, of a high degree, to the setting of the Conservation Area. The small benefits that would be associated with the development do not amount to 'Public Benefit' that outweigh the great weight that is given to the conservation of the designated heritage asset’s significance and the less than substantial harm that would occur to its setting. There would also be harm to the setting of the settlement and the disctinctly rural character and appearance of the area. The harm to the setting of the Conservation Area and the harm to the setting of the settlement and the distinctly rural character and appearance of the area, are adverse impacts that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the small benefit that would be associated with the development. There would be conflict with policies SS9, SS10, H1, DC1, DC2 and DC3 of the SMDC Local Plan 2020 and the terms of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ST8 7LY
Application type
Outline - MINOR apps
Scale / size
Small
Parish
16 The Crescent, Walton , ST17 0JZ,

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
27 November 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026
Target decision date
19 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
50 , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6008539
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 August 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
9

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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