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Little Ash Farm , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9EB

Granted Staffordshire Moorlands SMD/2023/0424 Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use of Land as a Residential Children's Home for up to Three Children with Care Provided by up to Three Non-Resident Members of Staff (Class C2)

As published by the council, reference SMD/2023/0424

Application record

Reference
SMD/2023/0424
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed
Status
Valid application received
Decision
Granted As published: Certificate of Lawfulness - Lawful (Approved)
Received
18 Aug 2023
Validated
18 Aug 2023
Decided
13 Oct 2023
Ward
Werrington Ward,
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
ST2 9EB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Staffordshire Moorlands register

This site has had 4 applications since 2017: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • SMD/2025/0460 Granted

    Little Ash Farm , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9EB

    Change of use to Residential Children’s Home for up to Six Children with Care Provided by up to Six Non-Resident Members of Staff and a Floating Manager (Class C2)

    Decided 20 May 2026 Full applications
  • SMD/2018/0291 Refused

    Little Ash Farm , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9EB

    Outline planning application for residential development including access with all other matters reserved.

    Decided 12 Jul 2018 Outline
  • SMD/2017/0763 Withdrawn

    Little Ash Farm, Ash Bank Road, Werrington, Staffordshire, ST2 9EB

    MAJOR - Outline Plannning application for the erection of up to ten dwellings including three affordable dwellings.

    Submitted 16 Nov 2017 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2023

    Received by Staffordshire Moorlands

  2. 13 Oct 2023

    Decision issued: Certificate of Lawfulness - Lawful (Approved)

  3. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Staffordshire Moorlands granted permission on 13 October 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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