4 Fountain Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1LG
Approved on 5 December 2013
Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of ground floor for flexible permission for either A1 (retail) / A2 (financial and professional services) / A3 (restaurants and cafes) with ancillary use to basement
- Received
- 12 August 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Ward
- Etruria & Hanley
- Agent
- Indigo Planning
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Dec
Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Fountain Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1LG. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 6 weeks longer than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Etruria & Hanley. We hold 1,371 applications in total for the ST1 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
- ST1 1LG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 October 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2013
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2013
- Consultation end
- 14 November 2013
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 October 2013
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 November 2013
- Last date for comments
- 13 December 2013
- Application expires
- 13 December 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Indigo Planning
- Agent address
- Swan Court, 11 Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4JS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 November 2013
- Site notice start
- 24 October 2013
- Site notice end
- 14 November 2013
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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