Bradeley Football Centre Chell Heath Road, Chell Heath, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST6 7NW Data via plota.co.uk

25/FUL/00141 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Construction of a 3G Artificial Turf Pitch (3G ATP), associated fencing, lighting columns and lamp posts with extended parking and enhanced access. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 21:56

Application progress

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Received

week of 1 Sept 2025

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Approved

week of 17 Nov 2025

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Committee

19 Nov 2025

Approved in the week of 17 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Stoke on Trent Development Management on 19 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the new facility would meet an identified need without significant technical or amenity impacts.
Consultees generally supported the proposal, while three objections raised noise, traffic, environmental and flooding concerns.
The committee approved the application with amended conditions 2 and 4 and two additional conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposed facility, site context, officers’ assessment, public comments, committee decision and added conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Stoke on Trent's committee minutes of 19 Nov 2025.

Documents 72

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 50. FUL Decision Notice Decision Notice · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Committee Report Committee Documents · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 17

Plans & drawings 30

Consultation & comments 11

PDF Staffordshire Police Comments Consultee Comments · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Sport England Consultee Comments Consultee Comments · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LLFA Consultee Comments · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Public rights of way Consultee Comments · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Contaminated land Consultee Comments · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Highways Consultee Comments · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health - Consultee Comments Consultee Comments · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Consultee Comments · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Air Quality Consultee Comments · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 46. 28167-TN01-280425 Road Safety Audit Designers Response.pdf Application Documents · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Sport England Comments Application Documents · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Stoke On Trent Air Quality Management Area 2011

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Local nature reserve about 135 m away: Whitfield Valley

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI about 203 m away: Ford Green Reedbed SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 September 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 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: Stoke on Trent
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: ST6 7NW
Received: week of 1 Sept 2025
Validated: 1 Sept 2025
Ward: Bradeley & Chell Heath
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Dec 2025
Decision: Grant with Conditions
Decision date: week of 17 Nov 2025
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: S&C Slatter

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 1 Dec 2025

Stoke on Trent

Planning Authority Score

1.4/10

Poor

#283 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Stoke on Trent is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #286 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 75% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) 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

Stoke on Trent decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #162 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #181 of 296

28%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #286 of 296

75%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #294 of 296

67%

Minor dwellings approved

27 decided (1-9 homes)

88%

Major dwellings approved

17 decided (10+ homes)

79%

Change of use approved

68 decided

475

Total decisions

58 refused in the year to March 2026