Former Staffordshire nightclub plans unveiled & other planning applications Plans submitted for redevelopment of former nightclub site and this week’s other applications

Aspire Housing bought the former Zanzibar nightclub in 2019 and is now is proposing 63 affordable apartments for the land at Marsh Parade.

Two blocks containing a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments are planned for the site. Five enterprise units have also been proposed, which are the subject of a separate planning application, and a consultation on the redevelopment plans took place earlier this year.

An Aspire Housing spokesman said: “The development will provide 63 one and two-bedroom affordable apartments and external amenity space for residents. The apartments will be contained within two, four-storey buildings, which will have pedestrian accesses from Hassell Street and Marsh Parade as well as the internal parking courtyard.

“The enterprise unit element of the proposals consists of five self-contained enterprise units located within a standalone single storey block to the west of the site, fronting on to North Street. These office units will be owned by the Borough Council, and they will be targeted towards independent, start-up businesses.”

The nightclub closed in 2004. Planning permission has previously been granted to redevelop the site into an antiques dealership and restaurant, but it remained derelict until the buildings were demolished in 2021.

Listed below are planning applications published online by councils in North Staffordshire during the past fortnight.

Newcastle Borough Council

24/00825/CN04: Application for approval of tree protection measures as required by condition 4 of planning permission 24/00825/FUL (proposed side and rear extensions and external material and fenestration alteration) at The Pines, Manor Road, Baldwins Gate, ST5 5ET

25/00353/FUL: Proposed single storey side extension and remodelling of existing bungalow at 3 Howard Grove, Newcastle, ST5 2JB

25/00355/PLD: Application for a Lawful Development Certificate: use of a (3a) dwelling as a children’s home for up to four children, with a manager and up to two carers, who will sleep overnight, working on a rota basis (C2) at 165 Jamage Road, Talke Pits, ST7 1QL

25/00349/FUL: Full (detailed) application for the erection of 63 apartments within Use Class C3, hard and soft landscaping works and provision of access and parking provision at former site of Zanzibar, Marsh Parade, Newcastle

25/00334/FUL: Proposed extension to existing dwelling and removal and replacement of existing garage at Pinetrees, 2 Old Road, Wrinehill, CW3 9BW

25/00160/TWA: Works to trees at Trianon, Pinewood Drive, Loggerheads, TF9 4PA

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

SMD/2025/0231: Proposed alterations and extension works at 32 Warrington Drive, Leek, ST13 8NA

SMD/2025/0229: Approval of reserved matters following outline approval SMD/2022/0474 (erection of two detached houses with details of access) on land off Quarry Bank, Hollington, ST10 4HS

DOC/2025/0033: Discharge of conditions 10, 11, 14, 16, 23 and 26 in relation to SMD/2022/0474 on land off Quarry Bank, Hollington, ST10 4HS

SMD/2025/0227: Proposed single storey rear extension with internal alterations at 16 St Leonards Avenue, Ipstones, ST10 2QD

SMD/2025/0226: Replacement detached garage and 1.5m increase in driveway width at Brackencroft, Sutherland Road, Longsdon, ST9 9QD

SMD/2025/0225: Listed Building Consent for various refurbishment works, including internal refurbishment throughout and limited external repairs at Nicholson Institute, Stockwell Street, Leek, ST13 6DW

DOC/2025/0031: Discharge of conditions 3 and 5 in relation to SMD/2024/0511 (change of use of former bank to public house and function room (sui generis use) including external and internal alterations) at 83 Haywood Street, Leek, ST13 5JN

SMD/2025/0223: Proposed extensions and alterations at Wild Thorn Farm, Ashbourne Road, Bottomhouse, Leek, ST13 7EY

SMD/2025/0221: Proposed erection of an agricultural building for livestock accommodation at Little Blakeley Lane Farm, Blakeley Lane, Dilhorne, ST10 2PT

SMD/2025/0218: Proposed orangery extension to the side elevation of the existing house and construction of a detached double garage at Coltslow Farm, Stanley Moss Lane, Stockton Brook, ST9 9LH

SMD/2025/0212: Change of use of land to a two pitch family gypsy and traveller site – retrospective – resubmission of SMD/2024/0486 on land to the north of Moorside Farm, Eaves Lane, Armshead, ST2 8LY

SMD/2025/0186: Proposed two-storey side extension over existing garage including replacement porch roof with lean-to canopy to front elevation at 7 Wallfield Close, Upper Tean, ST10 4JR