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Victoria On The Square, Victoria Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4JH

59324/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 March 2016

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor to provide nine student accommodation units (Sui Generis)

Received
19 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Joiner's Square
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Victoria On The Square, Victoria Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4JH. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 8 days quicker than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,372 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 4JH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2016
Consultation expiry
25 February 2016
Consultation start
3 February 2016
Consultation end
25 February 2016
Neighbour consultation start
3 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2016
Last date for comments
23 March 2016
Application expires
23 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brook House, Whitmore, Newcastle, Staffs, ST5 5FD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 February 2016
Site notice start
4 February 2016
Site notice end
25 February 2016

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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