CAULDON LOW QUARRY , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW

This site has had 2 applications since 2020.

• CON/2020/0023 Decided

  Cauldon Low Quarry , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW

  EIA SCOPING OPINION REF. NO. SCO.87/Cauldon Complex - Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion in connection with proposals to allow for extensions to the Cauldon shale quarry, working of the spine landform between Cauldon Low and Cauldon limestone quarries, and the overall consolidation of the many extant permissions across the site into one consolidating planning permission

  Decided 26 Jul 2021 Outline

1. 16 Dec 2025

   Received by Staffordshire Moorlands

2. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 10 February 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Staffordshire Moorlands took a median of 75 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Staffordshire Moorlands for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Staffordshire Moorlands decided outline applications in a median of 54 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Cauldon Cement Plant , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW

  CON/2023/0015 Submitted 5 Apr 2023 50 yards away

  Prior written approval in accordance with Schedule 2, Part 17 (Class B) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as updated for a bag filter at Cauldon Cement Plant, Earlsway, Waterhouses, ST10 3EW

  Decided Outline 5 docs

• Cauldon Low Quarry , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW

  CON/2020/0023 Submitted 28 Aug 2020 50 yards away

  EIA SCOPING OPINION REF. NO. SCO.87/Cauldon Complex - Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion in connection with proposals to allow for extensions to the Cauldon shale quarry, working of the spine landform between Cauldon Low and Cauldon limestone quarries, and the overall consolidation of the many extant permissions across the site into one consolidating planning permission

  Decided Outline Extension 38 docs

• Cauldon Quarry , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EQ

  CON/2025/0009 Submitted 2 Apr 2025 50 yards away

  63% historically approved · decision due ~28 May

  Temporary relocation of clinker storage in accordance with condition 9 (b) of IDO/SM/6 at Cauldon Quarry, ST10 3EQ

  Awaiting decision Outline 1 doc

• Section 53 application , upgrade FP38 Heaton , parts of FP 15 & 16 Leekfrith , FP13 Leekfrith to a Bridleway ,

  CON/2025/0006 Submitted 25 Feb 2025 50 yards away

  63% historically approved · decision due ~22 Apr

  Section 53 application to upgrade FP38 Heaton, parts of FP 15 & 16 Leekfrith to FP13 Leekfrith to a Bridleway

  Awaiting decision Outline 1 doc

• Aggregate Industries Ltd , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EQ

  CON/2025/0004 Submitted 29 Jan 2025 50 yards away

  63% historically approved · decision due ~26 Mar

  The Erection of Two Fences, Turnstiles and Gates at Cauldon Cement Plant, Waterhouses, ST10 3EQ.

  Awaiting decision Outline 1 doc

• Along Gradbach Mill Lane to , Black Brook , Quarnford , Staffordshire ,

  CON/2025/0003 Submitted 27 Jan 2025 50 yards away

  S53 Application to Add a Public Bridleway Along Gradbach Mill Lane, Quarnford to Black Brook

  Decided Outline 4 docs

• CON/2026/0075 Awaiting decision

  Land at Bosley Works , Tunstall Road , Bosley , SK11 0PE

  Consultation from Cheshire East Council - Hybrid planning permission comprising: - Full planning permission for selective demolition of existing buildings and the erection of additional and improvement of existing industrial development (Use Class B2/B8), with associated engineering works, landscaping and infrastructure; and - Outline planning permission for a residential development (Use Class C3) of up to 58 dwellings, community development (Use Class F1/F2), public realm, a memorial landscaping and infrastructure

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Outline
• CON/2026/0074 Awaiting decision

  Boothlow Hayes Farm , Knowsley Hill , Longnor , Staffordshire , SK17 0PW

  Erection of an incidental domestic building

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Outline
• SMD/2026/0309 Granted

  Two Trees , CONSALL LANE , CONSALL , STAFFORDSHIRE , ST9 0AF

  Permision in Principle application for Residential development

  Received 24 Jun, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Outline
• CON/2026/0072 Awaiting decision

  Thorneyleigh Green Farm , Roche Grange Road , Meerbrook , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8XW

  Consultation from Peak District National Park - Listed Building consent - Alterations to dwelling, conversion of detached hay-loft to domestic storage and home office, conversion of attached shippon to holiday let accommodation and replacement of existing septic tank.

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Outline
• CON/2026/0073 Awaiting decision

  Thorneyleigh Green Farm , Roche Grange Road , Meerbrook , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8XW

  Consultation from Peak District National Park - Alterations to dwelling, conversion of detached hayloft to domestic storage and home office, conversion of attached shippon to holiday let accommoda-tion and replacement of existing septic tank.

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Outline