Planning application
38 Woodrow Way Chesterton Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 7AP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
C2 residential institution for 3no. children
As published by the council, reference 26/00434/PLD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00434/PLD
- Type
- Cert of lawfulness of prop development
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 12 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Crackley & Red Street
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ST5 7AP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 2026
Received by Newcastle-under-Lyme
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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14 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
Who's behind it
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Spark Design and Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
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See their track recordWhat this refusal means
Newcastle-under-Lyme refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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