Planning application
Unit B Madford Retail Park Foregate Street Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2QY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from Use Class E to flexible Class E or laundrette use (Sui Generis)
As published by the council, reference 26/42295/COU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/42295/COU
- Type
- Change of Use
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Coton
- Parish
- Stafford M B
- Postcode
- ST16 2QY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 May 2026
Received by Stafford
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Stafford took a median of 134 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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This application is with Stafford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Stafford decided full applications in a median of 193 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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