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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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Coton Green Primary School, Kipling Rise, Tamworth
Received Not publishedLand off Stokes Lane, Norton Canes
Received Not publishedLand between Rush Lane and Tamworth Road Cliff
Received Not publishedCANNOCK EX SERVICEMENS CLUB, 21-23, Walsall Road, CANNOCK, WS11 0HG
Received 25 May 2022Kingston Resource And Development Centre, Fairway, Littleworth, Stafford, ST16 3TW
Received 15 Jan 2024NEWBOLD QUARRY, LICHFIELD ROAD, BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD, DE13 8EG.
Received 26 Sept 2023Field At (Penn 2), Penstone Lane, Lower Penn
Received 22 Feb 2022St. Johns Grange Primary School, Turner Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9GF
Received 10 Feb 2025Land North of Harehedge Lane, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 0AS
Received 16 Sept 2021Seisdon Landfill Site, Ebstree Road, Seisdon, South Staffordshire
Received Not publishedLand West of Scropton, Leathersley Lane, Scropton, Derbyshire, DE65 5DN
Received 16 May 2025G. D. GOLDING SKIP HIRE AND HAULAGE, NICOLSON WAY, BURTON ON TRENT, DE14 2AW
Received 1 May 2026Staffordshire County Council, Kingston Resource And Development Centre, Fairway, Littleworth, Stafford, ST16 3TW
Received 4 Jul 2023Land adjacent to Barlaston Way, Amington, Tamworth, B77 4FW
Received 10 Jul 2024Uttoxeter Quarry
Received Not publishedBiffa Waste Services Ltd, Poplars Landfill Site Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Lichfield Road, CANNOCK, WS11 8NQ
Received 25 Sept 2026Land At Caverswall Old Road, Forsbrook
Received Not publishedAlrewas Quarry, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 7LR
Received 28 Oct 2025Newbold Quarry, Lichfield Road, Barton-Under-Needwood, DE13 8EG
Received 19 Aug 2021Rugeley Quarry, Stafford Brook Road, Rugeley
Received 20 Feb 2024WEEFORD QUARRY, LONDON ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 5SY.
Received 19 Feb 2025Prospect Road Sewage Pumping Station
Received Not publishedHAWTHORN HOUSE, Burton Old Road West, LICHFIELD, WS13 6EN
Received 12 Nov 2025Wredon Quarry, Ashbourne Road, Rue Hill, Cauldon Low
Received Not publishedRecords 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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