Planning application
Esso Garage 35 Foregate Street Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2PD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of an illuminated advertising display
As published by the council, reference 26/42418/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 26/42418/ADV
- Type
- Application to Display Adverts
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 6 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Coton
- Parish
- Stafford M B
- Postcode
- ST16 2PD
Comment by 30 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Stafford's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jul 2026
Received by Stafford
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12 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 August 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 132 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
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 happens while it is decided
This application is with Stafford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Stafford decided advertisement consent applications in a median of 185 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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