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The Morgue, Villa Road, Cheddleton, Staffordshire

SMD/2025/0465Full - MINORAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of former morgue building to single holiday let unit

Received
3 November 2025
Decision due
1 January 2026
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Morgue , Villa Road , Cheddleton , Staffordshire ,. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the ST13 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
ST13 7EA
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small
Parish
73, Hillside Road, Cheddleton, Staffordshire , ST13 7JQ

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation start
14 November 2025
Consultation end
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
c/o Rose Cottage , Edwyn Ralph , Bromyard , HR7 4LX

Planning decision

Decision
With applicant/agent for further information/amend
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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. 2025
    3 Nov

    Change of use of former morgue building to single holiday let unit

    This applicationPendingFullSMD/2025/0465
  2. 2025
    3 Nov

    Listed Building Consent for interior and exterior works in connection with change of use of former morgue…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSMD/2025/0466

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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