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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stafford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
23 approved · 23 refused · 5 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Nov 2021 to 11 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
11 Coronation Road Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3JR
Received 12 May 20264 The Village Walton On The Hill Stafford Staffordshire ST17 0LQ
Received 9 Mar 202614 Wycherwood Gardens Wildwood Stafford Staffordshire ST17 4RJ
Received 12 May 202684 Meadow Way Stone Staffordshire ST15 0JT
Received 12 May 2026Junction Of Salter Street & Gaolgate Street Stafford Staffordshire
Received 13 May 2026249 Sandon Road Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3HQ
Received 14 May 2026Fernhill Farm Fernhill Road Sutton Newport Staffordshire TF10 8DJ
Received 14 May 2026The Hollies Farm Hollies Common Gnosall Stafford Staffordshire ST20 0JD
Received 8 May 2026Heathcroft Paddocks Ingestre Road Park Ingestre Stafford
Received 15 May 2026Land Adjacent To 35 Trenchard Avenue Beaconside Stafford Staffordshire
Received 15 May 2026Leyden House Leadendale Lane Rough Close Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST3 7NL
Received 18 May 202611 Malvern Close Queensville Stafford Staffordshire ST17 4TH
Received 18 May 2026Forton Hall Meretown Lane Forton Newport Staffordshire TF10 8BY
Received 1 May 20268 Fairway Littleworth Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3TL
Received 18 May 20262 Ashdale Park Yarnfield Stone Staffordshire ST15 0SZ
Received 19 May 2026138 Lichfield Road Stone Staffordshire ST15 8PY
Received 19 May 20269 Knowle Road Stafford Staffordshire ST17 0DN
Received 19 May 202697 Hill Drive Stone Staffordshire ST15 0AJ
Received 13 May 2026Land At Home Farm Main Road Milford Stafford Staffordshire
Received 14 May 2026Ingestre Golf Club Ingestre Park Road Ingestre Stafford Staffordshire ST18 0RE
Received 21 May 2026155 Corporation Street Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3LS
Received 21 May 202626 Badgers Croft Eccleshall Stafford Staffordshire ST21 6DS
Received 26 May 2026Boundary Cottage Newcastle Road Knowl Wall Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST4 8SQ
Received 27 May 2026The Hayes 19 Newport Road Stafford Staffordshire ST16 1BA
Received 17 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Stafford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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