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Hanley Community Fire Station, Lower Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke--on-Trent, ST1 3RP

64883/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2020

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to incorporate the operations of both Staffordshire Fire & Rescue and Staffordshire Police

Received
6 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Joiner's Square (Old Ward)
Agent
Calderpeel Architects
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 29 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hanley Community Fire Station, Lower Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke--on-Trent, ST1 3RP. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 5 weeks quicker than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3RP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2020
Consultation expiry
12 February 2020
Consultation start
7 February 2020
Consultation end
12 February 2020
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2020
Last date for comments
11 March 2020
Application expires
11 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Calderpeel Architects
Architect profile
CALDERPEEL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Market Court, 20-24 Church Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 February 2020
Site notice end
12 February 2020

Additional information

Documents
17

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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