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Application Details
Application number DET/2026/0043 Application type Notification - Change of Use Prior Approval
Site address Barn at Franklins Farm , Meerbrook Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8SH Proposal Application to determine if prior approval is required for a conversion into 2no. dwelling houses of a barn at Franklins Farm, Meerbrook. The barn is found to the south of the farm along the east edge of the access track
Applicant name C Pickford
C/O Hewitt & Carr Architects
Agent name Miss Freya Kirby
Hewitt&Carr Architects
Applicant address C/O AGENT , Agent address DaisyBank House , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1JE
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued

Received date 30/10/2026 Valid date 30/10/2026
Fee due 536.00 Fee paid 536.00
Determination required date 25/12/2026 Agreed extended date
Case Officer Arne Swithenbank
Start of Public Consultation period 02/11/2026 End of Public Consultation period 23/11/2026
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Committee date
Decision Statutory consultation period Decision Date
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
The Owner / Occupier Parkhouse Farm, Meerbrook Road, Leek, ST13 8SH
Cllr Callum Beswick Dane,

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
02/11/2026 26-577-PS1
02/11/2026 01595_AL(1)01_A Plans as Existing
02/11/2026 01595_PL(3)01_A Plans as Proposed
02/11/2026 Application Form
02/11/2026 Franklins Farm - Bat and Bird Survey Report - Oct 2026
02/11/2026 Franklins Farm, Meerbrook - Cheshire Structural letter report 281026

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