Former Seven Arches Way Housing Development Land Off Leek Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 2TQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/FUL/00119 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Construction and operation of a containerised boiler and associated pipework. Pressurised unit (PU) container, pumping container, electrical meter, gas meter kiosk and associated security fencing (part- retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
13 May 2025
✓
Validated
29 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 23 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 456.

Documents 25

Statements & assessments 15

PDF BNG Metric Application Documents · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Cross Sections Layout Plan - Sheet 2 Application Documents · 29 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Cross Sections Layout Plan - Sheet 1 Application Documents · 29 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Fencing Details - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2007-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF BNG Report Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Existing Gas Meter Kiosk Elevations - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2006-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Existing PU Unit Container Elevations - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2004-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Existing Electrical Meter Elevations - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2005-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Temporary Boiler Elevations - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2002-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Centre Layout - Existing Pump Container Elevations - SGHN-SSE-XX-XX-DR-E-2003-S2-P01 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact Assessment - April 2025 Application Documents · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Flood defence 33 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood); Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
ST4 2TQ
Received
13 May 2025
Validated
29 Jul 2025
Ward
Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Wardell Armstrong LLP

Decision outlook

Day 456, past the statutory target. 46% of full applications in Stoke on Trent are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 456400 days past the 56-day target
24%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
306decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Stoke on Trent in the last twelve months, from validation. Stoke on Trent decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2025
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%).

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
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