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Ford Green Brook, And Parts Of The Floodplain At Chatterley Whitfield Country Park, Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve, Section Of Whitfield Valley Greenway, Public Open Space At Norton Heights And Holden Lane Pools Nature Reserve, Stoke-on-trent

25/CLP/00866Certificate of Lawful Development ProposedAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of (proposed) lawful development for the restoration of sections of Ford Green Brook watercourse

Received
2 December 2025
Ward
Baddeley, Milton and Norton
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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This is an outline application at Ford Green Brook,, And Parts Of The Floodplain At Chatterley Whitfield Country Park, Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve, Section Of Whitfield Valley Greenway, Public Open Space At Norton Heights And Holden Lane Pools Nature Reserve, Stoke-on-trent,. Stoke on Trent has handled 412 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Caldon Canal conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Baddeley, Milton and Norton.

72% of outline applications at Stoke-on-Trent City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed

Planning application dates

Validated
2 December 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Caldon Canal
  • Article 4 direction: Caldon Canal Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Caldon Canal, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Stoke on Trent

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