BROOK FARM , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ Data via plota.co.uk

SMD/2026/0391 - Full - MINOR Consultations/Re-consultations issued
AgriculturalExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Erection of extensions to existing agricultural building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 57.

The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 3 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.
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 Expansion Zone
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; National infrastructure project about 37 m away: Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Full - MINOR
Postcode
ST13 7NQ
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 57, past the statutory target. 92% of agricultural works in Staffordshire Moorlands are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 3 Dec 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
49%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Staffordshire Moorlands in the last twelve months, from validation. Staffordshire Moorlands decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Comments by
2 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Erection of Agricultural Fodder / Implement Storage Building
SMD/2023/0004
2022 Withdrawn
Erection of agricultural building for storage of fodder and agricultural implements
DET/2022/0049
2022 Withdrawn
Erection of agricultural building for storage of fodder and agricultural implements
DET/2022/0049
2019 Refused
Prior approval for change of use of hay and straw barn to a cafe and farm shop (classes A…
DET/2019/0041
2019 Refused
Prior approval for change of use of hay and straw barn to a cafe and farm shop (classes A…
DET/2019/0041
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Barnfields Farm , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed creation of a pond…
DET/2022/0025
2022 Approved
Barnfields Farm , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed creation of a pond…
DET/2022/0025
2020 Approved
Barnfields Farm , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ
Proposed new steel portal frame building to be attached to an existing building down one…
DET/2020/0032
2019 Withdrawn
The Old Farmhouse , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ
Agricultural building to dwelling.
DET/2019/0017
2019 Withdrawn
The Old Farmhouse , Porters Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NQ
Agricultural building to dwelling.
DET/2019/0017
2017 Withdrawn
Brook Farm, Porters Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7NQ
Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 5 of DET/2014/0048
DOC/2017/0113
2017 Withdrawn
Brook Farm, Porters Lane, Bradnop, Staffordshire, ST13 7NQ
Discharge of conditions 3, 4 & 5 of DET/2014/0048
DOC/2017/0113
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings