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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.
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Staffordshire County Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Staffordshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,168Searchable applications
26Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 611 approved or refused records
15Refused applications
596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 May 2004 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- This application was decided on 19 May 2020SS.09/08/611 M D28
Submission of details in compliance with condition 67 of planning permission SS.09/08/611 M relating to the provision of an annual monitoring report
Campions Wood Quarry
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 09 Aug 2023.SCC/23/0105/CON
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Consultation: Proposed extension to existing cemetery together with proposed parking area (Resubmission of application ref: SMD/2020/0602)
Cheadle Cemetery Park Lane CHEADLE ST10 1PD
Received 20 Jul 2023 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 24 Apr 2025.SCC/25/0010/DA
Submission of details in compliance with condition 9 (Landscaping, Aftercare and Biodiversity Enhancement) of Planning Permission SCC/23/0079/FULL-MIN
Littleton Green School, Colliers Way, Huntington, Cannock, WS12 4UD
Received 29 Jan 2025 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 05 Sep 2022.SCC/22/0094/GPDO-PWA
Application for prior written approval in accordance with Part 17 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 relating to the re-cladding of the eastern covered stockpile canopy
FAULD MINE, BURTON-ON-TRENT, DE13 9HT
Received 27 Jul 2022 - This application was decided on 16 Apr 2020L.19/10/823 W
Retrospective application not to comply with (to vary) Condition 1 of planning permission L.16/04/823 W to revise the approved layout of the biomass boiler facility.
Greener Composting, Watling Street, Wall Village, Lichfield
Received Not published - This application was decided on 21 Feb 2019SHORT_REF_00267
Screening opinion for Variation of conditions 3, 12 and 31 of planning permission SS.15/13/627 M relating to an extension of time for working operations and the import of restoration materials to 31 July 2019; and to amend the approved Restoration Concept Plan [Original ref. SCE.310/SS.18/08/627 M]
Seisdon Quarry
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 28 Jun 2024.SCC/24/0053/DA
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and 8 (Bats) of planning permission SCC/23/0176/FULL-MIN
Brackenberry, St. Michael's Road, Cross Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 9LW
Received 22 May 2024 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 13 Aug 2026.SCC/26/0050/DA
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 16 (Botanical Walkover Survey) of planning permission ref SM.09/14/113M (and subsequently details approved under SM.09/14/113 M D2)
WARDLOW / WREDON QUARRY COMPLEX, CAULDON LOW, STAFFORDSHIRE
Received 23 Apr 2026 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 04 Aug 2026.SCC/26/0059/DA
Submission of details in compliance with condition 5 (Detailed Landscaping and Maintenance Scheme) of planning permission SCC/25/0087/FULL-MIN
Greenhall Nursery School, Second Avenue, Holmcroft, Stafford ST16 1PS.
Received 9 Jun 2026 - As the statutory consultation period has ended (if applicable), we have started to prepare a decision report / letter on this case before it is determined by Planning Officers, or by the Planning Committee. Alternatively (where applicable), we may be preparing the conditions of the planning permission / reasons for refusal prior to issuing the decision notice for this case.SCC/26/0038/DA
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 7 (surface water drainage) of planning permission SCC/25/0093/FULL-MIN
Holding 3, Green Lane, Whitgreave, Stafford, ST18 9SR
Received 14 Apr 2026 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 07 Nov 2022.SCC/22/0141/CON
Consultation from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in connection with an application to them for the erection and operation of a Battery Energy Storage System and associated infrastructure and equipment ref. SMD/2022/0548
Land adjacent to Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road, Wetley Rocks
Received 17 Oct 2022 - This application was decided on 09 Jan 2019L.17/07 D1
Submission of details in compliance with condition 2a and 2b of planning permission L.17/07 relating to notification of commencement of development and date development is brought in to use
St. Stephen's Primary School, Church Lane, Fradley, Lichfield
Received Not published - This application was decided on 26 Feb 2020SCE.318/614 W
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion in connection with proposals for a change of use of a healthcare waste treatment and transfer facility (Heat Disinfectant Unit) to a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) facility, with ancillary external development
Station Road, Four Ashes
Received Not published - This application was decided on 26 Oct 2020ES.20/05/534 W
Installation of 1 No. MCC kiosk
Uttoxeter Sewage Treatment Works, Derby Road, Uttoxeter
Received Not published - This application was decided on 13 Mar 2019CH.18/05/782 W
Retrospective application for a tyre recycling facility (Waste Transfer Station)
Unit 4 Power Station Road, Rugeley
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 12 Aug 2021.SM.20/05/171 M D1
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 43 of SM.20/05/171 M relating to a Reasonable Avoidance Method Statement for the prevention of accidental harm to mammals.
Captains Barn Farm Quarry, Leek Road, CELLARHEAD, ST3 5BE
Received 23 Jun 2021 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 07 Dec 2021.SCC/21/0023/DA
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 13 (detailed Site Layout Plan), 14 (update to the Site Layout Plan) and 33 (Protected Species Scheme) of planning permission L.15/15/802 MW
Cranebrook Quarry, Watling Street, LICHFIELD, WS14 0BD
Received 23 Aug 2021 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 17 Oct 2023.SCC/23/0145/CON
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission for the erection of 87 no. dwellings and associated works (ref: SMD/2023/0423)
Land off Tenford Lane,Tenford Lane, Tean, ST10 4EN
Received 12 Oct 2023 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 06 Dec 2024.SCC/24/0103/DA
Submission of details in compliance with condition 2b (Brought into Use) of planning permission SCC/23/0078/FULL-MIN
Rocklands Primary School, Purcell Avenue, Lichfield, WS13 7PH
Received 4 Sept 2024 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 19 Jan 2026.SCC/25/0130/NMA
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to condition 1 (Approved Plans) and 11 (Parking Measures) of planning permission SCC/24/0084/FULL-MIN to revise the approved Proposed Site Plan for repositioning of sprinkler tank.
114, Residential Unit, Douglas Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 9BJ
Received 30 Oct 2025 - This application was decided on 20 May 2021SS.07/03/604 MW D12
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 28 of planning permission SS.07/03/604 MW relating to groundwater monitoring results for 2020
Pottal Pool Quarry
Received Not published - This application was decided on 02 Feb 2021L.10/18/807 MW D2
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 8 (Working Scheme), 9 (Notification), 14 (Wheel Cleaning), 18 (Soils), 19 (Landscaping), 23 (Mineral Waste), 40 (Restoration) and 41 (Aftercare) of planning permission L.10/18/807 MW
Moneymore Quarry (Hanson)
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 13 Apr 2022.SCC/21/0015/DA
Submission of details in compliance with condition 3(a) of planning permission ES.20/03/501 MW confirming the date of commencement of soil stripping in Phase 4B (14 June 2021)
Newbold Quarry, Lichfield Road, Barton Under Needwood, DE13 8EG
Received 28 Jul 2021 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 04 Apr 2023.SCC/22/0151/FULL
Provision of a new one form entry primary school with a 26 place nursery
Stafford North Primary School and Nursery, Marston Grange, Beaconside, Stafford
Received 31 Oct 2022
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Staffordshire County 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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