Planning application
4 St Martins Place Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LA
Relates to 26/42157/LBC
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Advertisement Display: Signwritten house name text, Signwritten house name text, 1off Projection sign, 1off Chalkboard sign. Linked with 26/42157/LBC
As published by the council, reference 26/41757/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 26/41757/ADV
- Type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Allowed
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Forebridge
- Parish
- Stafford M B
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ST16 2LA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Stafford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/42157/LBC Granted
4 St Martins Place Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LA
Advertisement Display: Signwritten house name text, Signwritten house name text, 1off Projection sign, 1off Chalkboard sign. Linked with 26/41757/ADV
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Stafford
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1 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Allowed
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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26/42157/LBC Granted
4 St Martins Place Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LA
Advertisement Display: Signwritten house name text, Signwritten house name text, 1off Projection sign, 1off Chalkboard sign. Linked with 26/41757/ADV
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/42157/LBC Granted
4 St Martins Place Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LA
Advertisement Display: Signwritten house name text, Signwritten house name text, 1off Projection sign, 1off Chalkboard sign. Linked with 26/41757/ADV
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Stafford granted permission on 7 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About advertisement consent applications
Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.
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