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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596 approved · 15 refused · 33 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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A51, Lea Hall Way, Rugeley
Received 16 Jan 2024Chatterley Quarry
Received Not publishedBlancomet Recycling UK, Opal Way, Stone Business Park, Stone
Received Not publishedPirehill Sewage Treatment Works, Beacon Road, Aston-by-Stone, ST15 0WJ
Received 22 Feb 2024Copshurst Quarry, Lightwood Road, Longton
Received 3 Feb 2022FIVE WAYS PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGHOLM DRIVE, HEATH HAYES, CANNOCK, WS12 2EZ.
Received 7 Feb 2025Land between 39-55 Lichfield Road, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire
Received 24 Jun 2025RESIDENTIAL UNIT, 114 DOUGLAS ROAD, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 9BJ
Received 14 Apr 2025Rugeley Quarry (and Bevins Birches) - Stafford Brook Road, Penkridge Bank, Rugeley
Received 28 Jul 2023Don Bur Bodies and Trailers Ltd, Mossfield Road, Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent
Received Not publishedIndustrial Agricultural Engineering, Brookhouse Way, Cheadle, ST10 1SR
Received 5 Jul 2022Former SCC workshops/offices, 1a Bailey Street, Stafford
Received Not publishedWest Midlands Interchange, Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road, Gailey
Received 10 Mar 2023Brancote Sewage Treatment Works, Tixall Road, Stafford, Staffordshire ST18 0XX
Received 28 Oct 2025Kingston Resource And Development Centre, Fairway, Littleworth, Stafford, ST16 3TW
Received 19 Jul 2022New Close Fields Adderley Cheadle
Received Not publishedLITTLETON GREEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COLLIERS WAY, HUNTINGTON, CANNOCK, WS12 4UD.
Received 26 Jun 2024Madeley High School, Newcastle Road, CREWE, CW3 9JJ
Received 5 Aug 2022Willington Quarry, Castle Lane, Eggington
Received Not publishedLower Reule Bioenergy Ltd, Brookfield Farm AD Plant, Cowley, Gnosall, STAFFORD, ST20 0BG
Received 14 Jan 2020Cauldon Limestone Quarry
Received Not publishedGREENER COMPOSTING, Watling Street, LICHFIELD, WS14 0GP
Received 20 Apr 2026Barton Quarry
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road, Armitage, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 1PU
Received 16 Oct 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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