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Land To East Of Elm Cottages, 2 Back Bunts Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke On Trent, ST9 9PP
Proposed detached dwelling with associated parking
Rear Of Flats On Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke On Trent, ST4 5HU
Cut down 4 trees in a conservation area- see cover letter
Sproson Park, Off Scotia Road, Burslem, Stoke On Trent
Creation of a Community Campus including: a single-storey modular build community hub building; renovation of existing natural grass sports pitch to create 2no. youth natural turf pitches with new art
Stewarts Farm Brookhouse Lane, Bucknall, Stoke-on-trent, ST2 8NE
Change of use of agricultural building (Use Class Class Q) to 3 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) (prior approval)
37 Cocknage Road, Longton, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST3 4AS
Two-storey side extension
A Block, STOKE ON TRENT COLLEGE BURSLEM CAMPUS Moorland Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST6 1JJ
Installation of 2 externally mounted, internally illuminated fascia signs
Bell & Barker House Ripon Road, Blurton, Stoke-on-trent, ST3 3BW
Demolition of two blocks of flats and associated garages (prior notification)
Robin Hood, 321 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 7NR
Partial demolition and rebuild, change of use of the ground floor from public house to two retail unites (Convenience shop & Hair & Beauty Salon). Conversion of the upper floor to three flats, with ne
66 Newcastle Lane, Penkhull, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 5DR
Change of use of garage and exterior alterations
4 Spalding Place, Bucknall, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST2 0QR
Single storey rear extension
75 Elm Street, Cobridge, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST6 2HL
Proposed double and single storey side and rear extensions
9 The Grange, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST3 6JF
Single storey front extension and two storey side extension
15 Michigan Grove, Trentham, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 8UF
Erection of detached garden room for use as short-term holiday accommodation
SPODE COURTYARD OFF Church Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 1BU
Works to Listed Building to include replacement roof works to include new turrets and photovoltaic panels, internal alterations, improvements to branding and signage, elevation alterations to include
25 Osborne Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-trent, City Of Stoke-on-trent, ST4 7PF
Two storey side extension
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When Stoke-on-Trent City Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council, raw rate
31.4%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.8%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
2.6 percentage points above expected. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
214 appeals counted, 210 judged either way (66 allowed, 144 dismissed), 4 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-05.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 103 | 102 | 25 | 24.5% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 56 | 56 | 24 | 42.9% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 29 | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 50% | 33.3% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 5 | 5 | 3 | 60% | 20.6% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 2 | 2 | 2 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 2 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 2 | 2 | 1 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 25% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Stoke-on-Trent City Council planning portal.
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.
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