The Maltings , High Street , Uttoxeter , Staffordshire Data via plota.co.uk

P/2025/00572 - Demolition in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Partial demolition of The Maltings shopping centre, refurbishment of retained units along with new hard and soft landscaping including new boundary treatments. (REVISED SCHEME) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2025
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Validated
3 Jul 2025
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by East Staffordshire Planning Committee on 25 Aug 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • A town council representative and the agent spoke, followed by committee discussions.
  • The committee approved the application with changes covering materials, planting, bollards and committee consideration of condition 8.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, speakers, committee debate, amendments and final decision.

Source: Plota analysis of East Staffordshire's committee minutes of 25 Aug 2026.

Documents 1

Statements & assessments 1

PDF P_2025_00572_ Marketing Statement - Demolition Application Document · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Methodist Chapel
List entry 1374329 · 24 m away · 10 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 9 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Uttoxeter conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath 28 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Uttoxeter built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
East Staffordshire
Application type
Demolition in Conservation Area
Received
27 May 2025
Validated
3 Jul 2025
Ward
Town
Parish
Uttoxeter
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Aug 2025
Decision
Conditional Approval - Committee
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
BHB Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 428 days from validation, 325 days slower than East Staffordshire's median of 103 for full applications. Approved, as 81% of full applications here are.

19%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
221decided in the last year

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
P/2025/00572
Comments by
4 Aug 2025
Committee
3 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

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East Staffordshire
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#246 of 296 councils
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East Staffordshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #294 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 70% 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 (95%) than the national average (90%).

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East Staffordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #53 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #75 of 296
21%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #294 of 296
70%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #285 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
57 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
50 decided
601
Total decisions
45 refused in the year to March 2026
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