E.on Uk Chp Limited, EON PACKAGE BOILER SITE Campbell Road, Stoke, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 4DU Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/FUL/00347
Date received
week of 1 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 23 Feb 2026
Postcode
ST4 4DU

Description

Construction and operation of a pyrolysis facility Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Stoke on Trent Development Management on 18 Feb 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the facility would reuse a brownfield industrial site, recycle tyres and comply with planning policies.
  • Objectors raised concerns about public health, odour, noise, air quality, schools, traffic and HGV movements.
  • The committee approved the application subject to the 17 conditions set out in the report.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Stoke on Trent's committee minutes of 18 Feb 2026.

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. 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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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%).

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for householder decisions
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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