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Application Details
Application number SMD/2025/0052 Application type Full - MINOR
Site address ACCESS TO COLLYHOLE WOOD AND GOG WOOD , Church Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2JS Proposal Retrospective full application for the alteration and maintenance of private ways for full forestry use.
Applicant name Mr Matt Aitken
Agent name Mr Ken Wainman
KEN WAINMAN ASSOCIATES Ltd
Applicant address Belper , Derbyshire , DE56 1ND Agent address 20 , Woodsmoor , Stockport , SK2 7BQ
Application status FULL-APP
Received date 31/01/2025 Valid date 31/01/2025
Fee due 293.00 Fee paid 293.00
Determination required date 28/03/2025 Agreed extended date 17/10/2025
Case Officer Ben Hurst
Start of Public Consultation period 07/03/2025 End of Public Consultation period 23/04/2025
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Delegated Decision Committee date
Decision Planning Permission - Approved Decision Date 17/10/2025
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date 16/10/2028
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Ipstones Parish Council Lower Shaw Walls Farm, Foxt, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands,
Cllr Linda Malyon Ipstones Ward,
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
11/02/2025 Application Form
11/02/2025 Area Map
11/02/2025 LOCATION PLAN AND THE WOODLAND
11/02/2025 PLANNING STATEMENT COLLEYHOLE WOOD 30-01-2025
11/02/2025 Site Map - Forestry Access (pre-existing)
11/02/2025 Site Map - Forestry Access (proposed v3)
11/02/2025 Woodland Management Plan v2.0
26/02/2025 Consultation Response Ipstones PC 260225
28/02/2025 Consultation Response SCC Highways
28/02/2025 Consultation Response Ipstones PC 280225
23/06/2025 Public Comment Andrea Valentine
03/10/2025 Consultation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
16/10/2025 Consultation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
17/10/2025 Delegated report
17/10/2025 Decision notice

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