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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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hints Quarry, Watling Street, Hints, Tamworth
Received 19 Oct 2022Land at Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay South Staffordshire
Received 23 Jun 2021Land North of the M6 and South of Cresswell Grove, Stafford
Received 8 Apr 2026MERRYFIELDS SCHOOL, HOON AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 9NY
Received 9 Jan 2024Brownhills Quarry (formerly known as Cranebrook Quarry)
Received Not publishedStafford Western Access Road, Doxey Road, Stafford
Received Not publishedCaptains Barn Farm Quarry, Leek Road, Weston Coyney
Received Not publishedBradwell West Quarry, off the A500, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Received 3 Mar 2022Betley Wastewater Treatment Works, Main Road, Betley, CW3 9BS
Received 5 Oct 2021St John's Grange Primary School, on land off Turner Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9GF
Received 20 Nov 2023Redstone Quarry, Quarry Bank, Hollington, Stoke on Trent
Received 27 Jun 2025Wilnecote Quarry
Received Not publishedPyford Brook Quarry, Kings Bromley Road, Alrewas, Burton upon Trent, DE13 7DD
Received 25 Jun 2026St. John's Primary Academy, Hobnock Road, Essington, WV11 2RF
Received 22 Mar 2022Betley Wastewater Treatment Works, Main Road, Betley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, CW3 9BS
Received 12 Aug 2022Newbold Quarry, Concrete Products Factory, Lichfield Road, Barton under Needwood
Received 12 Mar 2021Cauldon Low Quarry, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST10 3EW
Received 12 Feb 2024Kings Orchard Marina, Broad Lane, Huddlesford, Lichfield
Received Not publishedUttoxeter Quarry, Ashbourne Road, Spath, Uttoxeter, ST14 5AP
Received 3 Nov 2025Poplars landfill site, Leacroft Lane, Cannock
Received Not publishedHockerhill Farm, Kiddemore Green Road, Brewood, Staffordshire, ST19 9BQ
Received 25 Apr 2025Saredon Quarry, Saredon Road, Little Saredon
Received Not publishedFormer Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Rugeley
Received Not publishedThorp Precast Ltd Apedale Road Chesterton
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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