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Land North East Of Hobnock Road Essington

Awaiting decision South Staffordshire 26/00298/COU Change of Use

Works: Extension

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Proposal

The change of use of the land from stables, hardstanding, access driveway and horse exercise arena to the use of land as a 4 pitch gypsy and traveller family site, 2 amenity buildings and the use of the stables floor space and its extension to form 1 family day room

As published by the council, reference 26/00298/COU

Application record

Reference
26/00298/COU
Type
Change of Use
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
5 Apr 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Essington
Parish
ESSINGTON

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Staffordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00165/FUL Refused

    Land North East Of Hobnock Road Essington

    Erection of a domestic amenity building as an alternative to the amenity building approved under application reference 25/00331/FUL

    Decided 7 May 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Apr 2026

    Received by South Staffordshire

  2. 11 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 6 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    South Staffordshire took a median of 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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MAT DESIGN LIMITED Agent, a design practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form (Redacted) · 05 Apr 2026
  • LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 05 Apr 2026
  • EXISTING SITE PLAN Site Plan - Existing · 05 Apr 2026
  • PROPOSED SITE PLAN Site Plan - Proposed · 05 Apr 2026
  • GYPSY AND TRAVELLER DEFINITION LEGAL OPINION Documents · 05 Apr 2026
  • EXISTING ELEVATIONS Elevations - Existing · 05 Apr 2026
  • EXISTING FLOOR PLAN Floor Plan - Existing · 05 Apr 2026
  • PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Plans and Drawings · 05 Apr 2026
  • DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 05 Apr 2026

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with South Staffordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Staffordshire decided full applications in a median of 95 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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