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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jan 2019 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
120 , Mow Lane , Gillow Heath , Staffordshire , ST8 6RJ
Received 8 Mar 202151 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6HU
Received 9 Mar 2021Land Adjacent To Whitehaven , Leek Road , Longsdon , Staffordshire ,
Received 11 Mar 2021Biddulph Youth And Community Centre , Church Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6NE
Received 11 Mar 2021Land To Rear Of Rosedale 403 , Cheadle Road , Cheddleton , Staffordshire ,
Received 11 Mar 20216 , Kniveden Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5BE
Received 12 Mar 2021Land Adj The Bungalow , High Street , Kingsley , Staffordshire ,
Received 12 Mar 2021Land Adj The Bungalow , High Street , Kingsley , Staffordshire ,
Received 12 Mar 202116 , Attlee Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1LJ
Received 12 Mar 202131 , High Street , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4DY
Received 15 Mar 2021Roebuck Inn , 18 Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AB
Received 15 Mar 2021Roebuck Inn , 18 Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AB
Received 12 Mar 2021Moss House Farm , Leek Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DJ
Received 15 Mar 2021Moss House Farm , Leek Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DJ
Received 15 Mar 202114 , Cawdry Buildings , Fountain Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6JP
Received 15 Mar 2021Bagnall Green Farm , The Green , Bagnall , Staffordshire , ST9 9JR
Received 16 Mar 202164 , Geneva Way , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7FE
Received 16 Mar 2021Land at , Teanford Mill , Breach Lane , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4EW
Received 16 Mar 2021Land East of , Meadow View Farm , Eaves Lane , Armshead , Staffordshire , ST2 8NA
Received 16 Mar 2021Willow Cottage , Gratton Lane , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9AA
Received 17 Mar 2021Clewlow Bank House , Hill Top , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8TY
Received 17 Mar 2021Land Adjacent 17 , Saltersford Lane , Alton , Staffordshire ,
Received 17 Mar 2021Tearne Quarry , Main Road , Hollington , Staffordshire , ST10 4HR
Received 17 Mar 20213 , Moss Close , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2QA
Received 17 Mar 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 Moorlands District 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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