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Former Meir Library, Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7DJ

68767/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2023

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use to drinking establishment and community activity space (Sui Generis)

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meir South
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Meir Library, Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7DJ. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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 7DJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2023
Consultation expiry
27 February 2023
Consultation start
6 February 2023
Consultation end
27 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2023
Last date for comments
3 March 2023
Application expires
3 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Post My Plans
Architect profile
POST MY PLANS LTD
Agent address
Suite G18, Genesis Centre, Innovation Way, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 February 2023
Site notice start
6 February 2023
Site notice end
27 February 2023

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.

  • 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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