Land Adjacent Bonnie Doone Cannock Road Brocton Stafford Staffordshire ST17 0SH Data via plota.co.uk

26/42042/TDC Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of detached dwelling - Technical Details Submission following grant of Permission in Principle dated 13th January 2026 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Sept 2026 and 1 Oct 2026, from Stafford's recent new homes. The consultation period closed on 2 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Birmingham
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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
National landscape 40 m away: Cannock Chase
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 364 m away: Brocton; SSSI 414 m away: Cannock Chase SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Stafford
Postcode
ST17 0SH
Received
2 Apr 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Target decision
2 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 67 of the 56-day target. Stafford usually decides new homes by day 76.

Day 679 days to the predicted decision (day 76)
34%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Stafford in the last twelve months, from validation. Stafford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Sept 2026
Stafford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#278 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Stafford is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #290 out of 296. 54% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

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
Stafford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #227 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #195 of 296
26%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #290 of 296
54%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #245 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
26 decided
512
Total decisions
84 refused in the year to March 2026