Move to convert old mill into 34 flats

Aug 04, 2023

It has been a busy week for the planning authorities in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire

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A former mills could be transformed into living space - as part of a planning application that is one of 51 submitted in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire this week. Leek was once home to a booming textiles industry, but the machines have since fallen silent.

Several former mill buildings remain and some have been re-purposed to provide other uses, such as housing. And an application to convert the Grade II Listed London Mill into 34 apartments has recently been submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.

The Ashbourne Road mill was built in the mid-19th century and is surrounded by residential streets. A design and access statement submitted as part of the application said Listed Building Consent was also being sought for the building's conversion.

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It added: "The proposed one bedroom single person units would be set across the four storeys of the building and there would be no increase in the size and footprint of the existing. The application proposes to strip the existing building back to its original fabric, with all later internal partitions, cupboards, sanitary ware, services including sprinkler system etc removed to reveal the basic building, brick walls, timber floors including cast iron columns, timber and slate roof.

"London Mill is a prominent Grade II Listed Building which has been empty for some considerable time. The adopted Masterplan for Leek shows the site to be part of a larger area known as the Eastern Mill Quarter where positive support and encouragement is given to refurbishing and regenerating this important historic area, much of which remains intact, in a mix of uses.

"The Masterplan recognises that there are a number of mills in this area, including London Mill which are vacant, disused and deteriorating and detracting from the areas potential to act as a key and attractive gateway into the town centre from the East. London Mill is a prominent landmark building which helps to define this gateway."

Listed below are other planning applications published online by councils in Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire during the past fortnight.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

69966/CLP: Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for single storey side extension at 7 Oakville Avenue, Burslem, ST6 7DY

69177/TCA: Pruning works to one London Plane tree to achieve 3m clearance from the building and 1m clearance from the lighting column at North Stafford Hotel, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2AE

69176/FUL: Demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey side and part rear extension at 65 Marston Grove, Sneyd Green, ST1 6EF

69963/FUL: Erection of detached garage within rear garden at 162 Lowhurst Drive, Fegg Hayes, ST6 6SY

69168/TCA: Removal of two conifer trees (Conservation Area Notice) at 10 Thistley Hough, Penkhull, ST4 5HU

69171/PNH: Single storey rear extension at 7 Leason Street, Stoke, ST4 1PP

69154/FUL: Two storey rear extension at 1 St Bernard Place, Abbey Hulton, ST2 8AS

69147/FUL: Retention of two staff break out buildings for an additional two years at Royal Stoke University Hospitals, Newcastle Road, Trent Vale, ST4 6QG

69143/VAR: Application to vary conditions 9, 17 and 20 on 36117/FUL (Waste Transfer Station and Offices) at Unit 9 Mossfield Road, Adderley Green, ST3 5BW

69149/CLP: Certificate of (proposed) lawful development for single storey rear extension at 16 Gainsmore Avenue, Norton, ST6 8GE

69139/VAR: Variation of condition 2 of permission 53546/VAR to allow Unit 3 to be used for the sale of a revised range of goods at Springfields Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Trent Vale, ST4 6PD

69129/AD: One illuminated fascia sign, four non-illuminated fascia signs, one illuminated freestanding totem sign and various fascia/window vinyls at Unit 3 Springfields Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Trent Vale, ST4 6PD

69134/PRA: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) (Prior Approval) at 597 Leek New Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6EH

69111/FUL: Change of use to four self-contained one bedroom apartments (Use Class C3) at 1 Spark Terrace, Stoke, ST4 7QA

69135/FUL and 69136/LBC: Single storey rear extension and conversion of existing attached workshop into cloaks and utility room. Replacement of previously removed cast iron railings to front and rear boundary walls at 2 The Villas, Stoke, ST4 5AQ

69081/FUL: Single storey rear extension to convenience store at 159 Anchor Road, Adderley Green, ST3 5EP

69117/FUL: Two storey side and single storey rear extension, loft conversion with rear dormer extension and hip-to-gable roof at 50 Whitmore Street, Shelton, ST1 4JT

69108/FUL: Proposed replacement dwelling at Springfields, Third Avenue, Brookhouse Lane, Bucknall

Newcastle Borough Council

23/00450/PLD: Proposed side extension to an existing house (resubmission of 23/00260/PLD) at 21 May Street, Newcastle, ST5 6LZ

23/00443/LEXNOT: Prior notification of a single storey rear extension measuring 4.05m in depth, 3m maximum height and 3m to the eaves at 15 Third Avenue, Kidsgrove, ST7 1BY

23/00437/PLD: Single storey rear extension at 19 Kensworth Close, Newcastle, ST5 3LH

23/00426/PLD: Single storey rear extension at 46 Bridle Path, Madeley, CW3 9EQ

22/01003/CN03: Application for approval of external facing materials and boundary treatments as required by condition 3 of planning permission

22/01003/FUL (erection of four dwellings and formation of new accesses) on land off Queen Street, Chesterton, ST5 7EN

22/01003/CN04: Application for approval of details of all hard and soft landscaping as required by condition 4 of planning permission 22/01003/FUL (erection of four dwellings and formation of new accesses) at Builders Yard, Queen Street, Chesterton, ST5 7EN

22/01003/CN07: Application for approval of details required by condition 7 of planning permission 22/01003/FUL (erection of four dwellings and formation of new accesses) at Builders Yard, Queen Street, Chesterton, ST5 7EN

23/00424/FUL: Replacement livestock building (including demolition of existing building) at Bridge Farm, London Road, Knighton, TF9 4HS

23/00422/FUL: Demolition of existing rear extensions and erection of new proposed rear single storey extension at Rose Cottage, 1 Chapel Lane, Audley, ST7 8JN

23/00417/FUL: Single storey rear extension at 7 Lamphouse Way, Wolstanton, ST5 0GA

23/00414/COU: Change of use from residential to teaching facility at 59/60 The Covert, Keele, ST5 5AZ

23/00384/FUL: Proposed oakframed garage/workshop at Cranbrook, Balterley Green Road, Balterley, CW2 5QF

23/00212/FUL: Retrospective application to retain newly fitted windows at Castle Hill, 2 Nantwich Road, Audley, ST7 8DH

23/00057/FUL: Steel framed portal side extension to form young livestock housing at Upper House Farm, Pinfold Lane, Almington, TF9 2PL

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

SMD/2023/0259: Proposed two storey rear extension and alterations at 46

The Woodlands, Shawe Park Road, Kingsley Holt, ST10 2DJ

SMD/2023/0257: Rear ground floor extension at Park Dental Practice, 16 Ball Haye Road, Leek, ST13 6AF

SMD/2023/0191 and SMD/2023/0192: Conversion of former textile mill to provide 34 residential apartments including internal and external alterations and associated works at London Mill, Ashbourne Road, Leek, ST13 5AP

SMD/2023/0254: Proposed single storey side extension at 90 Thorley Drive, Cheadle, ST10 1SA

SMD/2023/0253: Erection of two storey side extension and replacement conservatory at Home Farm Cottage, Highfield, Leek, ST13 8SG

NMA/2023/0013: Application for a Non-Material Amendment in relation to application SMD/2019/0048 (demolition of public house and redevelopment of site for up to nine dwellings). Modification of proposed site access to include additional pavement at Travellers Rest, Leek Road, Leekbrook, ST13 7DR

SMD/2023/0252: Proposed extensions and alterations at Holly Grove Farm, Main Road, Hollington, ST10 4HR

CON/2023/0023: Proposed western extension to existing sand and gravel quarry at Captains Barn Farm Quarry, Leek Road, Moorville, Cellarhead, ST3 5BE

SMD/2023/0251: Proposed extensions and alterations to existing cottage at Hillside, Dog Lane, Ipstones Edge, Ipstones, ST10 2LR

SMD/2023/0248: Removal of Condition 2 of 99/00909/FUL to permit commercial use of the existing fishing pond and associated erection of a Fishermans’ hut and provision of car parking at Moor View, Kingsley Road, Cellarhead, ST9 0DJ

SMD/2023/0249: Erection of stable block and change of use of land to equestrian at Moor View, Kingsley Road, Cellarhead, ST9 0DJ

DOC/2023/0034: Discharge of condtions 4 and 5 of SMD/2022/0619 (conversion of former Methodist Chapel to a single dwelling) at Dilhorne Methodist Church, Whitehurst Lane, Dilhorne, ST10 2PG

SMD/2023/0244: Proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of ancillary living accommodation at Cherry Orchard, Ball Lane, Brown Edge, ST6 8SW

SMD/2023/0225: Proposed single storey side extension, proposed single storey rear extension, proposed garage, proposed fire rated oil tank cover at 7 Cedar Grove, Biddulph Moor, ST8 7PB

SMD/2023/0206: Application for removal of condition 12 relating to SMD/2016/0427 (proposed erection of new detached dwelling, including means of access and associated works) at Old Vicarage Cottage, Dimble Lane, Alton