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Application Details
Application number SMD/2026/0404 Application type Full - MINOR
Site address LAND SOUTH OF , Woodhead Road , Light Oaks , Staffordshire , Proposal Change of use from agricultural land to a secure dog walking field with associated fencing, gates and parking area
Applicant name Mr Ben Beech
Agent name Isabel Irvine
Evolve Planning and Design
Applicant address Bagnall Road , Light Oaks , Stoke on Trent , ST2 7NE Agent address Unit 1 , Blithbury Road , Rugeley , Staffordshire , WS15 3RT
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued

Received date 01/09/2026 Valid date 11/09/2026
Fee due 610.00 Fee paid 610.00
Determination required date 06/11/2026 Agreed extended date
Case Officer Lisa Jackson
Start of Public Consultation period 14/09/2026 End of Public Consultation period 05/10/2026
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Delegated Decision Committee date
Decision Statutory consultation period Decision Date
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
Stoke City Council Department Of Environment And Transport, PO Box 630, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke On Trent, ST4 1RF
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Severn Trent Water Ltd Asset Protection Team, Oxley Moor Road , Wolverhampton, WV9 5HN
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
The Owner / Occupier Woodhead Farm, Woodhead Road, Light Oaks, ST2 7NH
SMDC Trees
SMDC Waste (Operational Services) LEEK
Cllr Charlotte Edwards Bagnall and Stanley,
Bagnall Parish Council Southview, 14 Spencer Avenue, Leek, ST13 5PA,
SMDC Environmental Health Environmental Health,

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
14/09/2026 0014-30-D01C Site Layout
14/09/2026 0014-30-D02C Location Plan.
14/09/2026 Application Form
14/09/2026 biodiversity net gain- woodhead road, milton, stok_260824_153310.
14/09/2026 ep293_pdas_final_260826
14/09/2026 fence and gate elevations_ep293_1800mm.
14/09/2026 relevant case studies_ep293
14/09/2026 the_statutory_metric_1.0.4 - woodhead road, milton, stoke-on-trent, st2 7nh
14/09/2026 preliminary ecological appraisal - woodhead_road_milton_stoke-on-trent_st2_7nh-st27nh-v0_1-22_07_2026

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