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Wuthering Heights, Back Lane, Heaton, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, SK11 0SH

SMD/2025/0338Full - MINORApproved
Full

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new build replacement dwelling

Received
17 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Agent name
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wuthering Heights , Back Lane , Heaton , Rushton Spencer , Staffordshire , SK11 0SH. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Agent name. We hold 2,348 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 0SH
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lea Farm, Meerbrook, Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 8SR

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Consultation expiry
9 September 2025
Consultation start
30 July 2025
Consultation end
9 September 2025
Target decision date
23 September 2025
Permission expires
30 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 The Courtyard , Congleton , Cheshire , CW 12 4TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Jul

    Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new build replacement dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFullSMD/2025/0338
  2. 2025
    10 Jul

    Proposed detached garage and car port

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongsideSMD/2025/0332

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    23 Dec

    Proposed single storey extension and alterations to existing dwelling.

    RefusedHouseholderSMD/2024/0575

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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