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27-28 Tower Square, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent, ST6 5AB

55078/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2013

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to the first and second floors to create three residential units and elevation alterations

Received
11 April 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tunstall
Agent
Hewitt & Carr Architects
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 27-28 Tower Square, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent, ST6 5AB. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days. The site is in the Tower Square conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Tunstall. We hold 1,470 applications in total for the ST6 postcode area.

80% of full 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

Postcode
ST6 5AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2013
Consultation expiry
10 June 2013
Consultation start
20 May 2013
Consultation end
10 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2013
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2013
Last date for comments
21 June 2013
Application expires
21 June 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hewitt & Carr Architects
Architect profile
HEWITT & CARR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio, 7A High Street, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 May 2013
Advertisement expiry
10 June 2013
Site notice end
10 June 2013

Additional information

Documents
36

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: Tower Square
  • Article 4 direction: Tower Square Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: 43 Wesley Street & 46-52 Piccadilly Street, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent, ST6 5AERegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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

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. 2013
    11 Apr

    Change of use to the first and second floors to create three residential units and elevation alterations

    This applicationApprovedFull55078/FUL
  2. 2013
    11 Apr

    Replacement windows, internal alterations to include removal of walls and installation of new walls and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside55079/LBC

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