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Workshop At Rear, 261-271 Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-trent, St3 1qy

70392/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use to wholesale warehouse (Use Class B8) (Retrospective)

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lightwood North & Normacot
Agent
Radworth Architectural Services
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 106 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Workshop At Rear, 261-271 Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-trent, St3 1qy ,. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 6 weeks longer 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 Lightwood North & Normacot. 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 1QY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
11 December 2023
Consultation start
25 October 2023
Consultation end
11 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2023
Last date for comments
12 December 2023
Application expires
12 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Radworth Architectural Services
Agent address
19-21, Prospect House, Bucknall Old Rd, Stoke on Trent, ST1 2AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 December 2023
Site notice start
1 November 2023
Site notice end
11 December 2023

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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