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Smithfield Hotel, Lower Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DE

60357/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 November 2016

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of minor outbuildings and change of use to create nine apartments, erection of single storey extension and elevational alterations

Received
26 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Joiner's Square
Agent
Arni Architects Ltd
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Smithfield Hotel, Lower Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DE. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 2 weeks quicker than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 3DE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2016
Consultation expiry
24 February 2017
Consultation start
24 October 2016
Consultation end
24 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
20 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2017
Last date for comments
13 December 2016
Application expires
13 December 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arni Architects Ltd
Architect profile
ARNI ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
The Barracks Workshops, 4 Barracks Square, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 1LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 February 2017
Site notice start
24 October 2016
Site notice end
24 February 2017

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: 44 Jasper Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DARegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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.

Source: Stoke on Trent

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