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Hixon Industrial Estate, Church Lane, STAFFORD, ST18 0PY

SCC/22/0166/EIA-SCORequest for opinion on the scope of the matters to be addressed in an Environmental Statement to accompany a planning applicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 January 2023

Council decision: EIA SCOPING OPINION

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion in connection with proposals for the change of use of an existing industrial building (B2/B8) for use as a Clinical Waste Treatment Facility (Sui Generis)

Received
25 November 2022
Ward
Stafford Trent Valley ED
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Hixon Industrial Estate, Church Lane, STAFFORD, ST18 0PY. Staffordshire has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Staffordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Stafford Trent Valley ED. We hold 906 applications in total for the ST18 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Staffordshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ST18 0PY
Application type
Request for opinion on the scope of the matters to be addressed in an Environmental Statement to accompany a planning application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hixon
District
Stafford Borough

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2022
Consultation expiry
29 December 2022
Consultation end
29 December 2022
Target decision date
30 December 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

First advertised
6 December 2022

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000004859
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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

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