Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Staffordshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Brinsford Lodge, East Road, Brinsford
Received Not publishedCampions Wood Quarry
Received Not publishedWalleys Quarry Landfill Site, Cemetery Road, Newcastle under Lyme
Received Not publishedSeisdon Quarry, Ebstree Road, Seisdon
Received Not publishedWeavers Hill Sand Pit, Guild Lane, Newport, TF10 9DE
Received 9 Jan 2024Rugeley Quarry, Wolseley Road, off Stafford Brook Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire
Received 2 Aug 2022Weeford Quarry, Moneymore
Received 8 Apr 2025WARDLOW / WREDON QUARRY COMPLEX, CAULDON LOWE, STAFFORD.
Received 26 Aug 2026Barton Quarry
Received Not publishedBaldwin's Gate CE(C) Primary School, Tollgate Avenue, Baldwin's Gate, Newcastle under Lyme
Received Not publishedFormer SCC workshops/offices, 1a Bailey Street, Stafford
Received Not publishedHimley Country Hotel, 22 School Road, Himley
Received Not publishedHAWTHORN HOUSE, Burton Old Road West, LICHFIELD, WS13 6EN
Received 31 Mar 2025Capri, Gallows Green, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST10 4BN
Received 30 Jun 2021Haselour Lane, Elford, B79 9DR
Received 8 Sept 2025Land at Junction 13 of the M6, Stafford, Dunston
Received 15 Feb 2024STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, KINGSTON CENTRE, Kingston Centre, Fairway, STAFFORD, ST16 3TW
Received 24 Jul 2023163 Walford Works, Longford Road, Cannock
Received Not publishedFormer SCC workshops/offices, 1a Bailey Street, Stafford
Received Not publishedLand Rear Of, 67-105 Alrewas Road, Kings Bromley, DE13 7HP
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Off Bognop Road, Hilton Main, Essington, WV11 2AZ
Received 9 Dec 2024Newbold Quarry
Received Not publishedCannock Sewage Treatment Works, Longford Road, Cannock, WS11 0LG
Received Not publishedLand Off A513, Elford, B79 9DJ
Received 7 May 2025Records 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 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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