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165-169 High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-trent, St6 5ea

65870/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2021

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors to create eight apartments (use class C3)

Received
6 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tunstall
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 164 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 165-169 High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-trent, St6 5ea ,. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 13 weeks longer than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. The site is in the Tower Square conservation area. 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 5EA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2020
Consultation expiry
11 November 2022
Consultation start
4 November 2020
Consultation end
11 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2022
Last date for comments
1 December 2020
Application expires
1 December 2020

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

Advertisement expiry
11 November 2022
Site notice end
11 November 2022

Additional information

Documents
21

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: 165-169 High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5EARegister 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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