Vicarage Cottage, Heath House Lane, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PH Data via plota.co.uk

SMD/2026/0471 - Full - Householder Invalid application
Change of useDemolitionExtensions & alterationsNew homes

Proposal

Proposed alterations to convert Vicarage Cottage and Ivy Cottage into a single dwelling. Single storey rear extension, elevational alterations and demolition of existing detached former toilet block. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Appeal allowed
8 Dec 2025
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Received
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 8 Dec 2026 and 22 Dec 2026, from Staffordshire Moorlands's recent changes of use.

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Site constraints 7

Green belt: Stoke-on-Trent
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Horton 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 about 14 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 3a
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.
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Vicarage, Grade II, about 31 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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 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.

Building

Floor area53 m² (570 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (1 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyMid-terrace house, 3 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingRoom heaters, smokeless fuel
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Staffordshire Moorlands
Application type
Full - Householder
Postcode
ST13 8PH
Received
13 Oct 2026
Appeal
Allowed · 8 Dec 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3373314 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Robert Berry

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Staffordshire Moorlands usually decides changes of use by day 61.

Day 1546 days to the predicted decision (day 61)
48%decided within 8 weeks
48%approved
29decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

18 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Proposed new gates and alterations to stone piers to existing Vehicular Entrance to Horto…
SMD/2024/0567
2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Listed Building Consent for Proposed new gates and alterations to stone piers to existing…
SMD/2024/0569
2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Proposed new gates and alterations to stone piers to existing Vehicular Entrance to Horto…
SMD/2024/0567
2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Listed Building Consent for Proposed new gates and alterations to stone piers to existing…
SMD/2024/0569
2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Proposed structural opening in existing internal wall and new internal partition at groun…
SMD/2024/0566
2024 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Proposed structural opening in existing internal wall and new internal partition at groun…
SMD/2024/0566
2022 Approved
Horton Hall, Tollgate Road, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PH
Change of use of land for temporary car park and associated works (Retrospective)
SMD/2022/0567
2022 Approved
Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Change of use of land for temporary car park and associated works (Retrospective)
SMD/2022/0567
2022 Approved
Church Stile , Church Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Replacement Windows
SMD/2022/0353
2022 Approved
Church Stile , Church Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Replacement Windows
SMD/2022/0353
2022 Approved
The Old Vicarage , Heath House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Listed building consent for 3No proposed replacement timber windows to side elevation
SMD/2022/0046
2022 Approved
The Old Vicarage , Heath House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Listed building consent for 3No proposed replacement timber windows to side elevation
SMD/2022/0046
2021 Approved
Church Stile Cottage , Church Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Remove the porch and large oil tank which dominates the site (and is unsafely close to wi…
SMD/2021/0493
2021 Approved
Church Stile Cottage , Church Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Remove the porch and large oil tank which dominates the site (and is unsafely close to wi…
SMD/2021/0493
2021 Refused
The Old Vicarage , Heath House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
3 No. Proposed Replacement Timber Windows to Side Elevation
SMD/2021/0748
2021 Refused
The Old Vicarage , Heath House Lane , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
3 No. Proposed Replacement Timber Windows to Side Elevation
SMD/2021/0748
2016 Approved
The Vicarage, Heath House Lane, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PH
Discharge of conditions (SMD/2015/0191 & SMD/2015/0192)
DOC/2016/0001
2016 Approved
The Vicarage, Heath House Lane, Horton, Staffordshire, ST13 8PH
Discharge of conditions (SMD/2015/0191 & SMD/2015/0192)
DOC/2016/0001
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.