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Former Sandon Road Methodist Church, Sandon Old Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7AB

60886/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 April 2017

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Residential development forming five, 3 bedroom properties including demolition of existing church

Received
20 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meir South
Agent
Holloway Foo Architects
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Sandon Road Methodist Church, Sandon Old Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7AB. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 weeks quicker than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Meir South. We hold 745 applications in total for the ST3 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
ST3 7AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2017
Consultation expiry
30 August 2018
Consultation start
10 March 2017
Consultation end
30 August 2018
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
30 August 2018
Last date for comments
24 April 2017
Decision issued
7 April 2017
Application expires
24 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Holloway Foo Architects
Agent address
Holloway Foo Architects, 2nd Floor, 3 Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 August 2018
Site notice start
21 March 2017
Site notice end
30 August 2018

Additional information

Documents
45

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: Former Methodist Church, Sandon Old Road, Meir, Stoke On Trent, ST3 7ABRegister 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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