Building 4a And 4b, Spode Works, Elenora Street, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 1QD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Conversion of ground floor of Building 4A to remote computing AI data centre and multi-use events space for exhibitions, performances, cultural and community functions for up 3 years. Conversion of the ground floor of Building 4B to two... Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 8 Dec 2025
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Validated
12 Dec 2025
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Approved
week of 15 Jun 2026

Approved in the week of 15 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 48

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Site constraints 10

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 ↗
Conservation area about 12 m away: Stoke Town
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 12 m away: Stoke Town, Stoke; Radon affected area, class 4; Flood defence about 8 m from the postcode pin (wall); Local nature reserve about 472 m away: Hartshill Park; Coalfield, development low risk area; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Stoke-on-Trent built-up area.
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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
ST4 1QD
Received
week of 8 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Ward
Hartshill Park & Stoke
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant with Conditions
Decision date
week of 15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee
Agent
Inc Architects Limited

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Jun 2026
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