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Planning appeals in Stoke-on-Trent City Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Stoke-on-Trent City Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 212 planning appeals in Stoke-on-Trent City Council since 2016, of which 30% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 15 decisions, 31% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 21 weeks. Figures as at 30 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

215

appeals on record since 2016

30%

of decided appeals allowed

21 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 31% allowed

By appeal type

Householder58 decided

41% allowed

Minor96 decided

23% allowed

Major9 decided

33% allowed

Commercial14 decided

50% allowed

Enforcement32 decided

13% allowed

Other5 decided

60% allowed

Not classified1 decided

0% allowed

By procedure

Written representations210 decided

29% allowed

Hearings4 decided

50% allowed

Inquiries1 decided

100% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 12 · 30% allowed 2025 · 15 · 33% allowed 2024 · 23 · 35% allowed 2023 · 16 · 25% allowed 2022 · 22 · 57% allowed 2021 · 17 · 29% allowed 2020 · 29 · 17% allowed 2019 · 22 · 41% allowed 2018 · 23 · 22% allowed 2017 · 16 · 13% allowed 2016 · 20 · 25% allowed

Latest decisions in Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Dismissed20 October 2026· minor6014211
Trinity House, 43 - 45 Trinity Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5LQ
Change of Use of Ground Floor from Sui Generis (Night-Club) to 3 Self-Contained Residential Units
Dismissed7 October 20266006210
247 Endon Road, Norton, Stoke on Trent, ST6 8PA
agricultural building
Dismissed7 September 2026· minor6010701
96 Church Road, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3BB
3 no. dwellings (including the reserved matter of 'access')
Dismissed2 July 2026· minor6008137
321 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-trent, ST4 7NR
Change of use of the ground floor from public house (Sui Generis) to two retail units (Convenience shop & Hair & Beauty Salon, Use Class E Commercial, Business and Service). Conversion of the upper floor to three flats (C3), with new shopfront and elevational alterations’ without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 25/FUL/00135, dated 13 January 2026
Dismissed21 May 2026· minor6003824
Land West of Spout Lane,, Baddeley Edge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7LR
application for permission in principle for the erection of between 2 & 4 dwellings
Unknown14 May 2026· enforcement3350570
Former Cinema Site , Broad Street, Hanley , Stoke on Trent, ST1 4HG
Quashed On Legal Grounds14 May 2026· enforcement3350569
Former Cinema Site , Broad Street, Hanley , Stoke on Trent, ST1 4HG
without planning permission, change of use to pay and display car park and installation of associated structures including barriers and pay stations
Dismissed11 May 2026· minor6005478
Land East of Greenway Hall Road, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 9PW
Application for permission in principle for the erection of 3 - 6 dwellings
Allowed8 May 2026· ldc3371203
9 Guy Street, Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 9BB
residential (Use Class C3) as a children’s care home for 2 children
Dismissed8 April 2026· commercial3376741
159 Waterloo Road, Stoke on Trent, ST6 2ER
One internally illuminated digital display advertisement
Allowed7 April 2026· advert3375585
Land to the North West of Anchor Road, Stoke on Trent, ST3 5BL
Internally illuminated D48 advertising display
Allowed24 February 2026· minor3375070
Land Adj. To 6 Sandwell Place, Lightwood, Stoke on Trent, ST3 7HW
the erection of one detached dwelling without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 70851/FUL, dated 15 October 2024
Dismissed12 December 2025· minor3369736
28 Howard Place, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4NJ
the “change of use for the sale of hot and cold drinks and food (sui generis) for a temporary three year period and Pyenest Street vehicle access widened (part-retrospective)
Dismissed27 November 2025· minor3368754
Land off Clarke Street, Stoke on Trent, ST1 4PT
the change of use of land for parking and storing of vehicles including erection of 2 metre high fencing/gates, hardstanding and new access
Allowed26 November 2025· minor3366105
247 - 249 London Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5AA
Change of use of the ground floor to two retail units (Use Class E(a)), change of use of part of the ground floor and first floor to four self-contained apartments (Use Class C3) alongside elevational alterations

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.