50 - 54 Grosvenor Street Stalybridge Tameside SK15 1RR Data via plota.co.uk

26/00674/P3N - Notification Of Part 3 Change of Use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Prior Approval application for the change of use from Ground Floor Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 3 no. self-contained apartments (Use Class C3) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Oct 2026, from Tameside's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 22 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 96 m away: Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk 61 m away: Stalybridge Town Centre, Stalybridge; Inside the Stalybridge built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Tameside - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Tameside
Application type
Notification Of Part 3 Change of Use
Postcode
SK15 1RR
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Dukinfield/Stalybridge
Parish
Stalybridge
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Gold Sketch Studios LTD

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Tameside usually decides changes of use by day 55.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
75%decided within 8 weeks
57%approved
65decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15049440
Comments by
22 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tameside
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#85 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Tameside is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #60 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tameside decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #199 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #121 of 296
77%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #60 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #145 of 296
52%
Minor dwellings approved
31 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
78 decided
561
Total decisions
80 refused in the year to March 2026