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The Cottage, Tunstall Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST8 7AB

SMD/2025/0473Full - MINORAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use and alterations of buildings for educational use ancillary to Fairhaven (occupied by Roaches School) including demolition of conservatory, new single storey rear extension and replacement of windows

Received
7 November 2025
Decision due
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Cottage , Tunstall Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7AB. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 7AB
Application type
Full - MINOR
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Consultation start
18 November 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Kathleen Roylance Buildings , Macclesfield , Cheshire , SK11 6LH

Planning decision

Decision
Under assessment by case officer
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
26

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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
    7 Nov

    Change of use and alterations of buildings for educational use ancillary to Fairhaven (occupied by Roaches…

    This applicationUnder assessment by case officerFullSMD/2025/0473
  2. 2025
    7 Nov

    Application for Listed Building Consent for external repairs, internal alterations, demolition of…

    Under assessment by case officerListed building consentFiled alongsideSMD/2025/0474

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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