Land to the South of Longlands , 312 CHEADLE ROAD , CHEDDLETON , STAFFORDSHIRE , ST13 7BL Data via plota.co.uk

SMD/2026/0325 - Permission in Principle Consultations/Re-consultations issued

Proposal

Permission in Principle for residential development for up to 5 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 11:54

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 100.

The consultation period closed on 30 Jul 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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 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 2; 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.

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Important details

Council: Staffordshire Moorlands
Application type: Permission in Principle
Postcode: ST13 7BL
Received: 1 Jul 2026
Validated: 1 Jul 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sammons Architectural Limited

Decision outlook

Day 100, past the statutory target. 89% of new homes in Staffordshire Moorlands are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 10044 days past 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: 7 Jul 2026
Comments by: 30 Jul 2026
Committee: 29 Oct 2026

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