69-71 Stafford Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1LW
Refused on 9 September 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Required & RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use from commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to 15 residential units (Use Class C3) (prior approval)
- Received
- 15 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Ward
- Etruria & Hanley
- Agent
- MODE Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation20 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 69-71 Stafford Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1LW. Stoke on Trent has handled 412 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks 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 48 applications across Etruria & Hanley. We hold 1,371 applications in total for the ST1 postcode area.
72% of outline 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 1LW
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 15
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 20 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 30 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 20 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2024
- Application expires
- 9 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MODE Architects Limited
- Agent address
- Piccadilly House, 59 Piccadilly, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1 HR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 August 2024
- Site notice start
- 27 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 20 August 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: Grosvenor Chambers, Foundry Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5SYRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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