Longcroft Lodge , BOND HOUSE LANE , HORTON , STAFFORDSHIRE , ST13 8PU Data via plota.co.uk

SMD/2026/0481 - Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Statutory consultation period
Change of useExtensions & alterationsNew homes

Proposal

Exsting Lawful Development Certificate for the erection of dwellinghouse, summerhouse and conservatory, and associated change of use of the land to provide a garden, access and parking area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Oct 2026
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Validated
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 15 Dec 2026 and 29 Dec 2026, from Staffordshire Moorlands's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: Stoke-on-Trent
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
Postcode
ST13 8PU
Received
16 Oct 2026
Validated
20 Oct 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Staffordshire Moorlands usually decides changes of use by day 61.

Day 853 days to the predicted decision (day 61)
48%decided within 8 weeks
48%approved
29decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Oct 2026
Comments by
10 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Lea House Farm , Bond House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PU
Retention of Hardstanding
SMD/2021/0571
2021 Approved
Lea House Farm , Bond House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PU
Retention of Hardstanding
SMD/2021/0571
2020 Approved
Stables at , Longcroft Lodge , Bond House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PU
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing use Construction of Stables
SMD/2020/0496
2017 Refused
Stable Loft, Lea House Farm, Bond House Lane, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PU
Residential use for a period in excess of 4 weeks at any one time and returning within at…
SMD/2017/0856
2017 Refused
Stable Loft, Lea House Farm, Bond House Lane, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PU
Residential use for a period in excess of 4 weeks at any one time and returning within at…
SMD/2017/0856
Staffordshire Moorlands
Planning Authority Score
0.4/10
Poor
#296 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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