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69-71 Stafford Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1LW

71187/PRAPrior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 September 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

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)
Ward
Etruria & Hanley
Agent
MODE Architects Limited
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Jul

    Change of use from commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to 15 residential units (Use Class C3)…

    This applicationRefusedOutline71187/PRA
  2. 2024
    15 Jul

    Change of use of vacant ground floor to 3 separate commercial, business and service units for the retail sale…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside71205/FUL

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