Former Pets At Home National Distribution Centre, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8GR Data via plota.co.uk

71466/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of a storage and distribution building (Use Class B8) with ancillary office accommodation and support buildings, a multi-storey van deck and associated access, parking, servicing area, plant, landscaping, fencing and infrastructure Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:20

Application progress

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Received

22 Oct 2024

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Validated

11 Nov 2024

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Approved

2 Oct 2025

Approved on 2 Oct 2025 · Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 112

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 50. FUL Decision Notice Decision Notice · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Committee Report Committee Documents · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 35

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Documents · 11 Nov 2024 View ↗

Consultation & comments 28

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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 Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Conservation area about 72 m away: Trent & Mersey Canal; Heritage at risk about 72 m away: Trent & Mersey Canal, Stoke-on-Trent; Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

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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Other new applications on this street

7 Jul 2026Pending

Aldi, Aldi, TRENTHAM LAKES DISTRICT CENTRE Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8AD

Proposed installation of an air source heat pump (ASHP) in retail store.

26/FUL/00738

13 Apr 2026Approved

Pets At Home, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4GR

Discharge of condition 14 (Landscape Management Plan) of permission 71466/FUL

26/DCC/00396

Nearby new applications

16 Sept 2026Pending

Former Pets At Home National Distribution Centre, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8GR

Discharge of condition 5 on application 71466/FUL

26/DCC/01048

17 Aug 2026Approved

Former Pets At Home National Distribution Centre, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8GR

Proposed changes to conditions 2 and 16 of permission 71466/FUL

26/NMA/00929

Important details

Council: Stoke on Trent
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: ST4 8GR
Received: 22 Oct 2024
Validated: 11 Nov 2024
Ward: Hollybush
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Oct 2025
Decision: Grant with Conditions
Decision date: 2 Oct 2025
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stantec

How this decision compares

Decided in 325 days from validation, 222 days slower than Stoke on Trent's median of 103 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 88% of commercial and major works here are.

This one325d

Council103d

UK57d

18%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

8%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Stoke on Trent in the last twelve months, from validation. Stoke on Trent decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Committee: 30 Apr 2025
Statutory expiry: 3 Oct 2025

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

Demolition of existing buildings (prior notification)

71523/DEM 20 Feb 2025

2024 Approved

EIA screening opinion request for the construction of a Use Class B8 storage and distribu…

71271/SCR 30 Aug 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

Pets At Home Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8GR

Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of permission 71466/FUL

25/DCC/00941 18 Dec 2025

2024 Approved

Rybrook Land Rover, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

Erection of single storey dry valet building

71436/FUL 13 Feb 2025

2024 Refused

Rybrook Land Rover, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

Erection of single storey dry valet building

71247/FUL 1 Oct 2024

2020 Approved

Unit S22a, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham Lakes, Stoke-on-trent, St4 8gr ,

Two illuminated fascia signs

65972/AD 26 Jan 2021

2019 Approved

Land South of Portmeirion Pottery, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

5 no. internally illuminated fascia signs, 1 no. freestanding internally illuminated plyo…

64676/AD 6 Dec 2019

2018 Approved

Big Stan (Former Trentham Logistics), Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham Lakes South, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

Elevational alterations consisting of two new level access over head doors

62798/FUL 6 Sep 2018

2016 Approved

Pets at Home, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

Extension to existing Pets at Home National Distribution Centre and extended service yard

60209/FUL 18 Jan 2017

2016 Approved

Screwfix Direct, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8GR

Three illuminated fascia signs, three non-illuminated fascia signs, and three non-illumin…

59905/AD 12 Jul 2016

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

Former Pets At Home National Distribution Centre, Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8GR Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 112

Decision & officer reports 3

Statements & assessments 35

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 28

Other documents 23

Site constraints 7

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Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address

Nearby activity