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Unit 4, Park Works, Ogden Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3BX

71544/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 March 2025

Council decision: Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from temporary homeless accommodation (sui generis) to indoor sport and recreation use including ancillary cafe (Use Class E (d))

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton
Agent
Laroz Planning Ltd
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 95 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 4, Park Works, Ogden Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3BX. Stoke on Trent has handled 2,420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 8 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 50 applications across Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton. We hold 1,371 applications in total for the ST1 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
ST1 3BX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2024
Consultation expiry
3 March 2025
Consultation start
10 February 2025
Consultation end
3 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2025
Last date for comments
6 February 2025
Application expires
6 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Laroz Planning Ltd
Agent address
Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 March 2025
Site notice start
30 December 2024
Site notice end
3 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
25

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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