Barn , Cash Heath Farm , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE Data via plota.co.uk

SMD/2026/0419 - Full - MINOR Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Conversion of barn to dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Sept 2026
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Validated
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Nov 2026, from Staffordshire Moorlands's recent new homes.

Comments are open until 28 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 7

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Casheath Farmhouse, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
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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Public footpath about 19 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) agrees.
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 Enhancement Zone 1
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 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £705,000 in April 2022. Other property, freehold.

14 April 2022£705,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Staffordshire Moorlands
Application type
Full - MINOR
Postcode
ST11 9DE
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ian Ankers Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Staffordshire Moorlands usually decides new homes by day 56.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
57%decided within 8 weeks
32%approved
29decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Sept 2026
Comments by
28 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
2 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Demolition of existing stables and outbuildings, and removal of sheds. Erection of a sing…
SMD/2025/0317
2025
2 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Demolition of existing stables and outbuildings, and removal of sheds. Erection of a sing…
SMD/2025/0317
2021 Approved
Barn , Cash Heath Farm , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire ,
Proposed conversion of redundant barns into 2no. residential units
SMD/2021/0555
2021 Approved
Barn , Cash Heath Farm , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire ,
Proposed conversion of redundant barns into 2no. residential units
SMD/2021/0555
2019 Approved
1 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Listed building consent for proposed construction of detached garden
SMD/2019/0071
2019 Approved
1 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Proposed construction of detached garden room.
SMD/2019/0070
2019 Approved
1 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Listed building consent for proposed construction of detached garden
SMD/2019/0071
2019 Approved
1 , Cash Heath Cottages , Cash Heath , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DE
Proposed construction of detached garden room.
SMD/2019/0070
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
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.