Hanley Police Station, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DE
Approved on 12 December 2022
Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDevelopment Management Commitee
Proposal
Change of use and infill extension to former police station into no. 161 units of student accommodation (Sui Generis) associated recladding of external facades, additional two stories to western elevation, associated works and landscaping
- Received
- 18 May 2022
- Decision level
- Development Management Commitee
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Ward
- Etruria & Hanley
- Agent
- Hewitt & Carr Architects
- ReceivedReceived18 May
- ValidatedValidated7 Jul
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 158 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hanley Police Station, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DE. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 208 days, 20 weeks longer than Stoke on Trent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Etruria & Hanley. 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
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 161
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 July 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 30 April 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 July 2022
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 October 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 October 2022
- Committee meeting
- 7 December 2022
- Application expires
- 6 October 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hewitt & Carr Architects
- Architect profile
- HEWITT & CARR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Daisy Bank House, 17 - 19 Leek Road, Cheadle, ST10 1JE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 July 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 April 2024
- Site notice start
- 1 November 2022
- Site notice end
- 30 April 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 80
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Stoke on Trent
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