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Land at Hixon Industrial Estate, Church Lane, Hixon, ST18 0PY

SCC/24/0064/FULL-ESApplication for Full Planning Permission for a 'major development' (accompanied by an Environmental Statement)Approved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2025

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of an existing building (B2 / B8 use) for a Clinical Waste Treatment Facility (sui generis)

Received
6 June 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Stafford Trent Valley ED
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Sep
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 422 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land at Hixon Industrial Estate, Church Lane, Hixon, ST18 0PY. Staffordshire has handled 200 applications of this type. This one was decided in 483 days, 62 weeks 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.

100% of full 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
Application for Full Planning Permission for a 'major development' (accompanied by an Environmental Statement)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hixon
District
Stafford Borough

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2024
Consultation expiry
21 September 2024
Consultation end
21 September 2024
Target decision date
27 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Publicity

First advertised
13 August 2024
Site notice start
14 August 2024

Appeal

Appeal type
Written Evidence
Appeal date
10 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13125177
UPRN
200001326042
Documents
162

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    10 Oct

    Proposed extension to warehouse

    ApprovedFull Application18/29464/FUL

Source: Staffordshire

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