Newcastle-under-Lyme planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, updated daily. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council received 168 planning applications in the last 90 days, 2 of them major schemes. 97% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 50 days.
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Meeting Hall Kent Grove Chesterton Newcastle Staffordshire ST5 7HG
Meeting hall facade refurbishment with car park works, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Replaces windows, fascias, soffits, rainwater goods and wall cladding on the existing hall, plus extra parking, at full application stage. Glazing, facade cladding, joinery and drainage packages suit local subcontractors…
Façade repairGlazingJoinery
Former Loggerheads Garage Newcastle Road Loggerheads Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 4PD
Loggerheads garage site cladding and barber shop conversion, part retrospective. Replaces wall cladding across buildings and site structures, converts storage to barber shop and tyre workshop, adds shopfront and two roller shutters. Cladding, shopfront glazing and barber fit-out packages are live…
CladdingGlazingFit-out
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc Lower Milehouse Lane Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 9AL
296kW rooftop solar PV on Morrisons supermarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme, prior approval stage. Prior notification for a roof-mounted array on the existing Lower Milehouse Lane store. Mounting frames, DC cabling, inverters and grid connection works suit renewables installers and electrical contractors.
RenewablesM&E
Mountville Old Road Wrinehill Crewe Cheshire CW3 9BW
Single detached dwelling, Wrinehill near Crewe, full application. Erects one new detached home on a plot off Mountville Old Road, at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage packages suit small local builders, with M&E fit-out to follow.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
The Sneyd Arms 36 Higherland Newcastle Staffordshire ST5 2TG
Former pub converting to office and three-bed HMO, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Ground-floor office and first-floor HMO in a single building at full application stage. Fit-out, partitioning, rewiring, fire compartmentation and multiple bathrooms drive the work.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Racecourse Farm Three Mile Lane Newcastle Staffordshire ST5 5HJ
Two-storey extension and garage scheme at Racecourse Farm, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Demolishes old rear extensions and porch, adding front, side and two-storey rear extensions plus a garage at full stage. Demolition, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages lead, with joinery and landscaping for local…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
13 Dee Close Talke Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST7 1TB
Care home conversion of a Talke dwelling with garage conversion, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Converts a house to C2 specialist residential care and its garage at full application stage. Fire-compliance fit-out, M&E and garage glazing suit local specialist subcontractors.
Fit-outM&EBrickwork
Shop And Premises 196 Liverpool Road Cross Heath Newcastle Staffordshire ST5 9ED
Shopfront refurbishment with new canopies and cladding, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Replaces porch canopies, bollards, cladding, windows and signage on a ground-floor retail unit at full application stage. Glazing, fascia, cladding and electrical packages drive the work, with perimeter hardworks and…
GlazingCladdingFaçade repair
Peaks Farm Station Road Onneley Crewe Cheshire CW3 9QH
Agricultural storage building at Peaks Farm, Crewe. New produce-storage facility on farmland, assessed under agricultural permitted-development determination. Structural frame, cladding and drainage packages suit rural contractors with farm-building experience.
GroundworksStructural frameCladding
5 The Greenway May Bank Newcastle Staffordshire ST5 0RY
Children's care home garage alterations, Newcastle-under-Lyme, full application. External works to an existing garage so 5 The Greenway can keep operating as a two-child care home at full application stage. Window, door and external finishing packages are the trade opportunities for local glazing…
GlazingJoinery
Lunts Farm Holloway Lane Aston Market Drayton Shropshire ST5 5EP
Single-service overhead electricity connection to Lunts Farm, rural Market Drayton. Installs a pole-mounted transformer on an H-pole, four single poles and twelve stay wires under the 2009 exemption regulations. Groundworks for pole footings and stay anchors, plus transformer installation, sit with…
GroundworksM&E
12A High Street The Rookery Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST7 4RL
Outbuilding conversion to a dog grooming business, Stoke-on-Trent. Changes an ancillary games room to a commercial pet-care use at full application stage. Fit-out, plumbing and extraction systems suit specialist installers serving pet-business operators.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
15 Millstone Avenue Talke Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST7 1LG
Single-storey side and rear extension, Talke, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Adds ground-floor space to an existing house at full application stage. Foundations, brickwork and roof tie-ins suit local builders, with glazing for the new openings.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Oaklands 14 Bar Hill Madeley Crewe CW3 9QD
Single-storey rear extension and elevation works, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Extends a Madeley house at the rear, reworks the interior layout and updates elevations and driveway, at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, glazing and driveway surfacing are the packages for local subcontractors.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Rosedene Moss Lane Madeley Crewe Cheshire CW3 9ED
8m single-storey rear extension, Madeley, prior approval notification. A rear extension projecting 8m and 4m high onto an existing house, submitted under the larger home extension prior approval route. Footings, matched brickwork and roof coverings are the packages local builders can quote for.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Planning appeals in Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, raw rate
38.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.8%
national rates applied to this caseload
9.7 percentage points above expected. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
168 appeals counted, 161 judged either way (62 allowed, 99 dismissed), 7 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-05.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 42.5% | 28.8% | 129 | 127 | 54 |
| Householder (HAS) | 5.3% | 35.6% | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 33.3% | 20.6% | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Enforcement Notice | 50% | 13.5% | 7 | 6 | 3 |
3 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | Too few judged | 33.3% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | Too few judged | 36.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | None judged | 25% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent64 homes
- Affordable rent99 homes
- Shared ownership24 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder97% (76 decided)
- other100% (29 decided)
- residential93% (27 decided)
- commercial89% (9 decided)
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