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Garden Centre And Nursery , Gravel Bank Farm , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU

Refused Staffordshire Moorlands SMD/2020/0160 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing

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.

  • 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

    Decided 5 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 5 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 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

    Decided 8 Mar 2018 Outline
  • SMD/2017/0579 Withdrawn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.

    Decided 15 Nov 2017 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Mar 2020

    Received by Staffordshire Moorlands

  2. 20 Mar 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Sep 2020

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness - Not Lawful (Refused)

  4. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

19 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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