Some of the significant planning applications that have been approved
A WIDE range of planning applications have been submitted and given the go ahead by East Staffordshire Borough Council.
There has been a flurry of plans ranging from new coffee shops to business parks just off the A50.
Among the most significant plans that have been given the green light by the council is a listed pub which is to be given a small makeover.
The Middle Bell, in Barton-underneedwood, has been given permission to alter some interior features, including a dummy fireplace.
Meanwhile, home improvements remains the trending projects that people are undertaking, which require council planning permission.
In the last seven days, seven planning applications regarding home extensions have been submitted and approved by the borough council.
Planning permission is a largely inescapable part of the process when it comes to majorly extending your house, building an office in the garden, or building a new house.
Full planning permission offers consent for a project based on a detailed design being provided.
People’s projects must be shown to meet the planning conditions attached to the permission in order for approval to be valid.
Depending on the project, planning application costs can vary from £202 for a householder application to £462 for a full application for building a new single house or outline planning permission per 0.1 hectare to be developed.
■■Plans for a residential and business development in Uttoxeter Plans have been outlined for a residential and business development to built on land to the west of Uttoxeter and the A50 bypass.
This development will be used for employment, a residential care home and local retail centre, as well as financial and professional services, restaurants and a café.
■■Demolition of unused business units in Uttoxeter to make way for office space
Demolition of redundant business units to facilitate the redevelopment of the site on Brookside Business Park in Uttoxeter has been approved.
The demolition of the existing units for new ones will provide general industry businesses with units for trade counter, office space or a conversion and extension of existing dwellings on the site to provide office accommodation. ■■Grade Listed pub in Barton allowed to be modernised
The Middle Bell pub, in Bartonunder-needwood, has been given listed building consent for alterations to the conservatory, fire exit doors and cladding to walls and glazing, alterations to patio areas, formation of a dummy fireplace and to reduce the existing smoking shelter by 50 per cent. Furthermore, wall cladding and new doors will be added to the existing rear entrance.
■■New coffee shop to move into old Frankie & Benny’s in Burton
The site of the former Frankie and Benny’s restaurant in Middleway Park, off Guild Street, in Burton is to be changed and transformed into a coffee shop and restaurant selling food and drink.
It is to become a Tim Hortons, with the formation of a drive-thru lane and associated engineering works being approved.
Further alterations will be made to the car park as well as the surrounding landscape. To the building, changes will be made by recladding and re-glazing windows and the building of a new detached bin store.
■■Grade listed pub given approval for flood defences in Yoxall
The Old Coach House, in Main Street in Yoxall, is another pub being given listed building consent for alterations.
These altercations include a new front and rear door with flood barrier, the installation of two air bricks and a masonry sealant.