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Application Details
Application number SMD/2025/0429 Application type Full - MINOR
Site address The John Pointon Sport And Recreational Facility , Felthouse Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7BP Proposal Removal of existing skateboard park including all equipment, surfacing and fenced enclosure and construction of two Padel courts
Applicant name
Pointon Park (Charitable Company)
Agent name Mrs Teresa Critchlow
Sammons Architectural Limited
Applicant address Felthouse Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7BP Agent address 10 Cawdry Buildings , Leek , Staffordshire Moorlands , ST13 6JP
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued

Received date 23/09/2025 Valid date 07/10/2025
Fee due 298.00 Fee paid 298.00
Determination required date 02/12/2025 Agreed extended date
Case Officer Ben Hurst
Start of Public Consultation period 31/10/2025 End of Public Consultation period 24/02/2026
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Planning Committee Committee date 26/03/2026
Decision Under assessment by case officer Decision Date
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Severn Trent Water Ltd Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Sport England The Planning Administration Team, SportPark, 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3QF
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
SMDC Environmental Health Environmental Health,
Cheddleton Parish Council 34, The Walks, Leek, Staffordshire , ST13 8BY
SMDC Service Commissioning team
SMDC Planning Policy Moorlands House, Leek,
Cllr Michael Worthington Cheddleton Ward,
Cllr Oliver Pointon Cheddleton,
Cllr Dylan Pascall
SMDC Waste (Operational Services) LEEK

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
09/10/2025 Existing Site Plan
09/10/2025 Proposed Site Plan
09/10/2025 Proposed Plans and Elevations
09/10/2025 Location and Block Plan
09/10/2025 Application Form
09/10/2025 BNG
09/10/2025 Lighting details
09/10/2025 Lighting Assesment
09/10/2025 Planning, Heritage and design and access statement
09/10/2025 BNG Metric
22/10/2025 Consultation response SCC Highways
29/10/2025 Public comment by Susan Jane Rogers
30/10/2025 Consultation Response SportEngland
04/11/2025 Public comments by Susan Jane Rogers
13/11/2025 Consultation response Severn Trent Water
02/12/2025 Consultation response Leisure and Environmental Services
23/12/2025 Public Comment Dave Baldwin
05/01/2026 Public Comment Martyn Griffin

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