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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 , Blythe Mount Park , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9PP
Received 6 Apr 202150 , Crossfield Avenue , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9PL
Received 6 Apr 202170 , Uplands Croft , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0LF
Received 6 Apr 2021White Gables , Stile House Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7NE
Received 6 Apr 2021Windylow , Geoffrey Avenue , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PQ
Received 6 Apr 2021Barley Croft , Cheddleton Heath Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7DX
Received 6 Apr 2021P & J Antiques , 1 Chorley Mill , West Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8AF
Received 6 Apr 2021Harracles Mill Cottage , Dunwood Road , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8RG
Received 6 Apr 2021Heaton Lowe Farm , Heaton Village Road , Heaton , Staffordshire , SK11 0RE
Received 6 Apr 202188 , Park Lane , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7BQ
Received 6 Apr 2021117 , Leek Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9NJ
Received 6 Apr 2021366 , Uttoxeter Road , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9LY
Received 7 Apr 2021Sandybrook , Cheddleton Road , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 8 Apr 2021Avalon , Woodhouse Lane , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7RW
Received 8 Apr 2021Lambs Wood Farm , Godley Lane , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2PF
Received 8 Apr 202116 , Hillside Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0LJ
Received 8 Apr 20214 , Milford Avenue , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0EZ
Received 6 Apr 2021Victoria Business Park , Prospect Way , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 6PH
Received 8 Apr 2021Victoria Business Park , Prospect Way , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 6PH
Received 8 Apr 2021East View , Cloudside , Congleton , Staffordshire , CW12 3QG
Received 9 Apr 2021Marcliff , Limes Avenue , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QE
Received 9 Apr 2021Lafarge Cement , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EQ
Received 9 Apr 2021Meadow View , Eaves Lane , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1TL
Received 9 Apr 2021Wredon Quarry , Ashbourne Road , Rue Hill , Cauldon Low , Staffordshire ,
Received 9 Apr 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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