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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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@staffordshire.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries03001118000Council source
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More application records
- This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 08 Jun 2026.SCC/26/0031/CON
Stafford Borough Council consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission for the details of access for the development for up to 71 dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated infrastructure and a country park ( Council ref. 25/41120/OUT).
Land to the North of the Burgage, Eccleshall
Received 26 Feb 2026 - This application was decided on 28 Jan 2021SCE.325/101 MW
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion in connection with the Periodic Review (under the Environment Act 1995) of the mineral planning permission SM.EA/4
Hurst Quarry, Hurst Road, Biddulph
Received Not published - This application was decided on 26 Nov 2020CH.20/05/748 W
Application to not comply with condition 6 of planning permission CH.19/10/748 W relating to site access
Cannock Sewage Treatment Works, Longford Road, Cannock
Received Not published - This application was decided on 27 May 2021S.20/06/4127 W D1
Submission of details in compliance with condition 18 (Fire Risk Management Plan) of planning permission S.20/06/4127 W
Eccleshall Biomass Facility, Raleigh Hall Industrial Estate
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 10 Oct 2024.SCC/24/0095/DA
Submission of Details in compliance with Condition 6 (Colour of materials) of planning permission ref SCC/23/0079/FULL-MIN
Littleton Green Community School, Colliers Way, Huntington, Cannock, WS12 4UD
Received 16 Aug 2024 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 04 Apr 2023.SCC/23/0043/CON
Cannock Chase District Council consulation on application to them for proposed food convenience store with associated works for access and parking (Re-submission of previous consultation SCC/22/0111/CON)
Land at Farm Garage Petrol Station, Hednesford Road, Cannock, WS12 3TN
Received 24 Mar 2023 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 30 Oct 2024.SCC/24/0099/DA
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 15 (Habitat Management Plan) of planning permission SCC/23/0111/FULL-MAJ
BURNTWOOD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, PETERS LANE, WOODHOUSES, BURNTWOOD.
Received 21 Aug 2024 - This application was decided on 25 Jun 2020CH.20/02
Installation of a synthetic grass track around the edge of the existing school playing field
Five Ways Primary School, Langholm Drive, Heath Hayes, Cannock
Received Not published - This application was decided on 15 Nov 2018ES.07/16/511 MW D3
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 37 of planning permission ES.07/16/511 MW relating to monitoring of the pond and its surrounding woodland
Kevin Quarry
Received Not published - This application was decided on 19 Jan 2021SS.19/04 NMA1
Non material amendment to remove the time limitation from Condition 3 (Drainage) of planning permission SS.19/04
Penkridge Middle School, Marsh Lane, Penkridge
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 16 Nov 2022.SCC/22/0155/CON
Consultation from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in connection with an application to them for the removal of existing structures and construction of new building to house indoor attraction, associated ground works, infrastructure and landscaping. ref. SMD/2022/0556
Alton Towers, Farley Lane, Farley, Staffordshire, ST10 4DB
Received 2 Nov 2022 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 19 Apr 2023.SCC/23/0052/CON
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission for the erection of 15 commercial units with means of access and associated hard and soft landscaping works (Ref:SMD/2023/0096)
Land at Brookhouse Way, Cheadle
Received 6 Apr 2023 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 30 Jan 2023.SCC/22/0087/FULL-MIN
Installation of air source heat pumps
Staffordshire County Council, Kingston Resource And Development Centre, Fairway, Littleworth, Stafford, ST16 3TW
Received 12 Jul 2022 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 23 Mar 2023.SCC/22/0119/PNOPD
Prior notification of the proposed demolition of former care home buildings (circa 1969) in accordance with Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
Hillfield Residential Home, Hillfield Lane, Stretton, DE13 0BW
Received 20 Sept 2022 - This application was decided on 07 Feb 2019ES.18/08/501 MW
Application to vary (not to comply with) conditions 1, 39 and 40 of planning permission ref. ES.12/03/501 MW to amend the approved Restoration Plan to facilitate the reinstatement of a dwellinghouse, outbuilding and access road at Small Meadows
Newbold and Tucklesholme Quarry
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 05 Aug 2022.SCC/22/0074/DA
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 24 (wheel cleaning) and 33 (flood lighting) of planning permission ref. L.20/03/867 M
Pyford Brook Quarry, South of the A513, Orgreave, near Alrewas
Received 15 Jun 2022 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 30 Apr 2024.SCC/24/0046/CON
Newcastle Borough Council consultation in connection with an application to them for planning permission for two new buildings and batching plant (ref: 24/00232/FUL)
THORP PRECAST LTD, VALLEY SAWMILLS, Valley Sawmills, Apedale Road, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6BN
Received 24 Apr 2024 - 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/24/0097/FULL-MAJ
Proposed importation and processing of road planings, including for the retention and use of the existing site access off Bognop Road, together with the establishment and use of ancillary facilities for site management; materials stocking; and landscape treatments.
Land off Bognop Road, Hilton Main, Essington, WV11 2AZ
Received 19 Aug 2024 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 14 Jul 2023.SCC/23/0098/DA
Submission of details in compliance with condition 2(a) (Notification of re-commencement of sand extraction) of planning permission SCC/21/0055/VOC
Weavers Hill Sand Pit, Guild Lane, Newport, TF10 9DE
Received 11 Jul 2023 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 24 May 2022.SCC/22/0067/EIA-SCR
Screening opinion for a skip hire and recycling facility including the sorting, processing and storage of 100,000 tonnes of waste per annum (ref. SCC/22/0029/FULL-MAJ)
Jumbo Skips LTD, Plot D, Rowhurst Industrial Estate, Howle Close, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 6AT
Received 13 May 2022 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 17 Jun 2025.SCC/25/0056/DA
Submission of details in compliance with Condition 2 (notification of commencement of soil stripping) of planning permission ES.17/11/502 M
BARTON QUARRY ( WESTERN EXTENSION ), WALTON LANE, BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD,
Received 24 Apr 2025 - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 09 Jun 2022.SS.20/03/602 MW D1
Submission of details in compliance with conditions 12 (Site Layout Plan), 43 (Groundwater Monitoring Data), 47 (Protected Species Report) and 50 (Restoration and Aftercare Review) of planning permission SS.20/03/602 MW
Saredon Quarry
Received 27 May 2021 - This application was decided on 25 Oct 2018SCE.308/467 W
Screening opinion for proposals to consolidate the existing permitted open windrow composting operations (planning permission S.13/22/467 W dated 10 April 2014); the erection of a new shredder building; and the importation of wood waste for shredding,milling and composting.
Mill Farm, Chebsey
Received Not published - This case has been determined and the decision was issued on 06 Mar 2025.SCC/22/0107/FULL-ES
The phased extraction of approximately 600,000 tonnes of sand and gravel as a southern extension (part in Staffordshire) to Willington Quarry (in Derbyshire) with restoration to conservation wetland, lowland meadow, biodiversity enhancements and flood attenuation measures; retention of existing aggregate processing plant, silt lagoon, ready-mix concrete plant, access / haul roads and soil bunds, construction of a temporary vehicular bridge over the River Dove and the permanent diversion of Public Right of Way (PRoW) - Burton CP10
Willington Quarry, Castleway Lane, Eggington, Derbyshire, DE65 6BW
Received 22 Aug 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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