Former Bucknall Hospital site, Eaves Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8LD
Approved on 29 February 2016
Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDevelopment Management Commitee
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Proposal
Demolition of existing hospital buildings except for Rowan Lodge and Verity House which will be refurbished and redeveloped for residential, redevelopment of the site for 201 houses with associated works
- Received
- 28 September 2015
- Decision level
- Development Management Commitee
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Ward
- Abbey Hulton
- Agent
- BM3 Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Feb
Decided in 138 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Bucknall Hospital site, Eaves Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8LD. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 12 weeks longer than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Abbey Hulton. We hold 376 applications in total for the ST2 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
- ST2 8LD
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 201
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 October 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 18 June 2019
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2015
- Consultation end
- 18 June 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 December 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 June 2019
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2016
- Committee meeting
- 6 January 2016
- Application expires
- 13 January 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BM3 Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- BM3 ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 28 Pickford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 5QH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 October 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 June 2019
- Site notice end
- 18 June 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 164
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Stoke-on-TrentPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Stoke on Trent
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