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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 · 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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Acton OWC, Trentham Road, Acton, Staffs
Received Not publishedBiffa Waste Services Ltd, Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, Cannock, WS11 8NQ
Received 14 Jul 2026BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LTD, POPLARS LANDFILL SITE, Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, CANNOCK, WS11 8NQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Checkley Sewage Treatment Works, Deadmans Green, Checkley, ST10 4NQ
Received 2 Nov 2023Cauldon Quarry Complex, Yelsway Lane, Cauldon
Received 12 Oct 2022Hixon Industrial Estate, Church Lane, STAFFORD, ST18 0PY
Received 25 Nov 2022West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 11 Apr 2024Deanslade Farm, Claypit Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 0AG
Received 12 Apr 2023Land Off Springhill Lane, Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4TJ
Received 26 Feb 2026Former Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Armitage, Rugeley
Received Not publishedLand East of Shropshire Union Canal, Norbury Road, Norbury Junction, Stafford
Received 28 Feb 2025Newbold Quarry, Lichfield Road, Barton Under Needwood, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 8EG
Received 10 Mar 2023Cauldon Low Quarry
Received Not publishedLand At Colton Mill Farm And Cawarden Springs Farm, Blithbury Road, Colton, Rugeley
Received Not publishedCranebrook Quarry
Received 14 Apr 2021Alrewas Quarry, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 7LR
Received 30 Oct 2025Pottal Pool Quarry, Broadhurst Green Road, Tessesley Hay, Penkridge
Received Not publishedA1 Skips, Chemical Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
Received Not publishedLichfield Southern Bypass (Final Phase), Land between Birmingham Road and London Road, Lichfield
Received Not publishedCroxden Quarry, Croxden Common, Freehay, Cheadle, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Received 20 Mar 2020Barton Quarry (Western Extension), Walton Lane, Barton under Needwood
Received 28 Mar 2022Wardlow & Wredon Quarry Complex, Cauldon Lowe, Staffordshire
Received 28 Nov 2023Land off Leathersley Lane, Sudbury, Derbyshire
Received 29 May 2025Cranebrook Quarry, Watling Street, Lichfield, WS14 0BD
Received 23 Aug 2021Records 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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