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The Old Engine House, Biddulph Road, Mow Cop, Staffordshire, ST7 3PU

SMD/2026/0029Full - HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of garage to living accomodation

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 90 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Old Engine House , Biddulph Road , Mow Cop , Staffordshire , ST7 3PU. Staffordshire Moorlands has handled 2,339 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 3 weeks longer than Staffordshire Moorlands's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,086 applications in total for the ST7 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
ST7 3PU
Application type
Full - Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation start
26 January 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026
Permission expires
22 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Moorland House , Burslem , Stoke on Trent , ST6 1JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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. 2026
    23 Jan

    Conversion of garage to living accomodation

    This applicationApprovedFullSMD/2026/0029
  2. 2026
    23 Jan

    Listed building consent for the conversion of garage to living accomodation

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideSMD/2026/0030

Source: Staffordshire Moorlands

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