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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Alrewas Quarry, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton upon Trent
Received Not publishedMeece Landfill, Swynnerton Road, Cold Meece, ST15 0QN
Received 19 Jul 2024Cauldon Limestone Quarry
Received Not publishedKEELE QUARRY, MADELEY HEATH, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME CW3 9BE
Received 13 Sept 2024Land South of Eccleshall Road, Loggerheads, Market Drayton
Received 25 Apr 2024Cauldon Cement Works
Received 17 May 2021Stafford North Primary School and Nursery, Marston Grange, Beaconside, Stafford
Received 26 Sept 2023Shire Oak Quarry
Received Not publishedMoneymore Quarry
Received Not publishedGeocycle UK LTD, Yelsway Lane, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST10 3EQ
Received 14 Apr 2022Hints Quarry, Watling Street, Hints, Tamworth
Received 20 Nov 2018Poplars Waste Disposal Site, Lichfield Road, CANNOCK, WS11 8NQ
Received 6 Sept 2021Wredon and Wardlow Quarries
Received 11 Mar 2021Uttoxeter Quarry
Received Not publishedPottal Pool Quarry, Broadhurst Green Road, Pottal Pool, ST19 5RR
Received 10 Mar 2022Alrewas Quarry
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent, Lichfield Road, Kings Bromley, Burton Upon Trent
Received 5 Jul 2024FAULD MINE, TUTBURY, BURTON UPON TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, DE13 9HT
Received 15 Aug 2024Croxden Quarry, Freehay, Cheadle
Received Not publishedPrincefield First School, Saxon Road, Penkridge, ST19 5EP
Received 19 Aug 2022Chatterley Quarry, Chemical Lane, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 4PB
Received 29 Mar 2022Former Margaret Stanhope Centre (Burton Dementia Centre), Outwoods Close, Burton on Trent
Received Not publishedWillington Quarry, Castle Lane, Eggington, Derbyshire
Received Not publishedWood Farm and Golf and Leisure, off Bursnips Road, Essington
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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