W & Hs Emery Co.ltd, Garner Street Cliffe Vale Stoke-on-Trent , ST4 7PU Data via plota.co.uk

26/FUL/00682 - Full Planning Permission Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of a cleared brownfield site to a builders’ merchant with external storage yard, installation of concrete hard standing and drainage works, and retrospective approval for perimeter fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 09:05

Application progress

✓

Received

17 Jun 2026

Decision

Expected by 8 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 24 Oct 2026, from Stoke on Trent's recent changes of use.

Documents 13

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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

Local nature reserve about 354 m away: Hartshill Park; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area; Flood defence about 35 m from the postcode pin (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 25 year flood).

Not affected

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 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

Council: Stoke on Trent
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: ST4 7PU
Received: 17 Jun 2026
Validated: 17 Jun 2026
Ward: Basford & Hartshill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: A. R. M. Designs

Decision outlook

Day 114, past the statutory target. 43% of changes of use 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 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 11458 days past the 56-day target

22%decided within 8 weeks

72%approved

139decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 8 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

W & H S Emerys Limited, Garner Street, Cliff Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7PU

Single storey side extension and roller shutter goods door (part retrospective)

59642/FUL 13 May 2016

Stoke on Trent

Planning Authority Score

1.4/10

Poor

#283 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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