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165-171 High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5EA

71102/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 August 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Subdivision of groundfloor to form three units with external elevational alterations to include new shop fronts

Received
11 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tunstall
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 165-171 High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5EA. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 4 days quicker 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
2 July 2024
Consultation expiry
26 July 2024
Consultation start
2 July 2024
Consultation end
26 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 July 2024
Last date for comments
27 August 2024
Application expires
27 August 2024

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

Last advertised
5 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
26 July 2024
Site notice start
5 July 2024
Site notice end
26 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
8

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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