44 Park Hall Road, Park Hall, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST3 5HF Data via plota.co.uk

25/FUL/00949 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use to children's care home (Use Class C2) including garage conversion and external alterations (part-retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Validated
24 Apr 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 25

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Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National nature reserve about 315 m away: Hulme Quarry
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.
Also on the record
SSSI about 315 m away: Hulme Quarry SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area; Green belt about 34 m away: Stoke-on-Trent; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Lowland heathland; Open access land about 35 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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 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 2

Last sold for £270,000 in November 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.

14 November 2024£270,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
14 May 2024£170,000Recorded 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
ST3 5HF
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant with Conditions
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Croft Architecture Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 96 days from validation, 15 days faster than Stoke on Trent's median of 111 for changes of use. Approved, as 72% of changes of use here are.

22%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
139decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026
Stoke on Trent
Planning Authority Score
1.4/10
Poor
#283 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.