Lane Ends Farm , Ashbourne Road , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA Data via plota.co.uk

DET/2026/0016 - Agricultural/Forestry Determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed new agricultural access track Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Approved
14 Aug 2026

Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 6

Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 260 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 50 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Staffordshire Moorlands
Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Determination
Postcode
ST13 7HA
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 32 days slower than Staffordshire Moorlands's median of 34 for agricultural works. Approved, as 48% of agricultural works here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
48%approved
30decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Staffordshire Moorlands in the last twelve months, from validation. Staffordshire Moorlands decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
22 Jul 2026
Comments by
12 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

18 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022
Discharge of conditions 4, 6 and 10 in respect of change of use of agricultural building…
DOC/2022/0044
2022
Discharge of conditions 4, 6 and 10 in respect of change of use of agricultural building…
DOC/2022/0044
2021 Approved
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to One Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for buildin…
DET/2021/0032
2021 Approved
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to One Dwellinghouses (Class C3), and for buildin…
DET/2021/0032
2020 Approved
Proposed construction of a new general purpose agrivultural building
SMD/2020/0242
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
WEATHERWORTH MANOR FARM , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of B…
DET/2024/0033
2024 Approved
WEATHERWORTH MANOR FARM , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of B…
DET/2024/0033
2024 Approved
Morridge Side House , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Proposed alterations and two-storey extension
SMD/2024/0026
2024 Approved
Morridge Side House , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Proposed alterations and two-storey extension
SMD/2024/0026
2023 Refused
Weatherworth Manor Farm , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of Use of A…
DET/2023/0018
2022 Refused
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
Proposed alterations and two-storey extension
SMD/2022/0407
2022 Refused
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
Proposed alterations and two-storey extension
SMD/2022/0407
2016 Approved
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE TREE PLANTING
SMD/2016/0812
2016 Approved
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE TREE PLANTING
SMD/2016/0812
2017 Withdrawn
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
Proposed erection of agricultural building with associated landscape tree planting
SMD/2017/0242
2017 Withdrawn
Morridge Side House, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7HA
Proposed erection of agricultural building with associated landscape tree planting
SMD/2017/0242
2016 Withdrawn
Morridge Side Farm, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST13 7HA
Erection of portal framed dual pitched agricultural building
DET/2016/0051
2016 Withdrawn
Morridge Side Farm, Cooks Lane, Bradnop, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST13 7HA
Erection of portal framed dual pitched agricultural building
DET/2016/0051
Staffordshire Moorlands
Planning Authority Score
0.4/10
Poor
#296 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Staffordshire Moorlands is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #277 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 66% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Staffordshire Moorlands is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Staffordshire Moorlands decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
76%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #283 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #292 of 296
36%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #277 of 296
66%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #280 of 296
59%
Minor dwellings approved
41 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
36 decided
396
Total decisions
94 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings