Planning application
Garden Centre And Nursery , Gravel Bank Farm , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use as garden centre for retail use (A1).
As published by the council, reference SMD/2020/0160
Application record
- Reference
- SMD/2020/0160
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing
- Status
- Refused As published: CLUE-REF
- Decision
- Refused As published: Certificate of Lawfulness - Not Lawful (Refused)
- Received
- 19 Mar 2020
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2020
- Decided
- 18 Sep 2020
- Parish
- The Gables, 504, Weston Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST3 6QD
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ST11 9EU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Staffordshire Moorlands register
This site has had 5 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 2 refused.
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DOC/2026/0003 Granted
Garden Centre And Nursery , Gravel Bank Farm , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU
Discharge of conditions 5, 10, 12, 14, 15, and 16 relating to SMD/2022/0344
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DOC/2026/0002 Granted
Garden Centre And Nursery , Gravel Bank Farm , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU
Discharge of conditions 2, 6 and 7 relating to SMD/2024/0155
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SMD/2018/0003 Refused
Garden Centre And Nursery, Gravel Bank Farm, Caverswall Common Lane, Caverswall, Staffordshire, ST11 9EU
Outline permission with all matters reserved for redevelopment of commerical nursery/garden centre involving demolition and removal of all buildings on site and erection of dwellings
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SMD/2017/0579 Withdrawn
Garden Centre And Nursery, Gravel Bank Farm, Caverswall Common Lane, Caverswall, Staffordshire, ST11 9EU
Redevelopment of commercial nursery/garden centre involving demolition and removal of all buildings on site and erection of dwellings.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2020
Received by Staffordshire Moorlands
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20 Mar 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Sep 2020
Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness - Not Lawful (Refused)
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22 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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Staffordshire Moorlands 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 lawful development applications
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