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17 Tower Square, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5AB

61145/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 July 2017

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 offices (Use Class A2) and replacement shopfront together with formation of entrance to first floor

Received
24 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tunstall
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Tower Square, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5AB. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 2 weeks longer than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. The site is in the Tower Square conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Tunstall. We hold 1,470 applications in total for the ST6 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
ST6 5AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2017
Consultation expiry
6 July 2017
Consultation start
2 June 2017
Consultation end
6 July 2017
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2017
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2017
Last date for comments
25 July 2017
Application expires
25 July 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Plan Company
Agent address
30 Station Street, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
6 July 2017
Site notice start
15 June 2017
Site notice end
6 July 2017

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Tower Square
  • Article 4 direction: Tower Square Conservation Area
  • Brownfield land register: 43 Wesley Street & 46-52 Piccadilly Street, Tunstall, Stoke On Trent, ST6 5AERegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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