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11 - 11A Princes Street Stafford Staffordshire

Refused Stafford 23/37112/POR Offices to Residential Prior Approval

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Approval - Conversion of existing office space to sixteen dwellings

As published by the council, reference 23/37112/POR

Application record

Reference
23/37112/POR
Type
Offices to Residential Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Refusal
Received
7 Feb 2023
Validated
7 Feb 2023
Decided
31 Mar 2023
Ward
Forebridge
Parish
Stafford M B
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Feb 2023

    Received by Stafford

  2. 31 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Refusal

  3. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Stafford 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 prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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