Baldwins Gate Farm Newcastle Road Baldwins Gate Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 5ES Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/00661/FUL
Date received
around 18 Sept 2025
Date validated
18 Sept 2025
Postcode
ST5 5ES

Description

Variation of condition 6 of planning permission to amend the trigger for the provision of off-site highways works Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Newcastle under Lyme Planning Committee on 14 Jan 2026.

Approved

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

  • The original recommendation was carried after a proposal to refuse the application was defeated.
  • The application was discussed at length before the vote.
  • The application was permitted, subject to conditions including amended highways works.

Source: Plota analysis of Newcastle under Lyme's committee minutes, Newcastle under Lyme Planning Committee minutes, 14 January 2026 .

Associated applications 6

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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Baldwin's Gate built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 12 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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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Newcastle under Lyme
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#78 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Newcastle under Lyme ranks #133 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
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Newcastle under Lyme decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #61 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #19 of 296
68%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #133 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #159 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
109 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
97%
Change of use approved
30 decided
485
Total decisions
34 refused in the year to March 2026