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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Larksfield , 12 Curzon Rise , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8NJ
Received 7 May 2021The Dairy , Ringe Hay Farm , Basford Green Road , Basford , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7ET
Received 10 May 2021French House , Cheadle Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BH
Received 10 May 2021Footpath No. 46 , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 2JU
Received 7 May 20211 , The Green , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EQ
Received 10 May 2021The Hutch , Tythe Barn , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4AZ
Received 10 May 2021Alton Castle , Castle Hill Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4TT
Received 10 May 2021Uttoxeter Road , Alton , Staffordshire ,
Received 10 May 202118 , Meadow Drive , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1EQ
Received 7 May 20213 , Ashenhurst Way , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5SB
Received 11 May 20212 , Spedding Way , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7TD
Received 11 May 20212 , Church Terrace , Blythe Bridge Road , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EA
Received 11 May 202127 Side Annatts , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8RT
Received 11 May 2021Sky Cottage , Top Road , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7JR
Received 12 May 20219 , Lorien Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8NY
Received 13 May 2021181 The Holly Bush Inn , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QA
Received 13 May 2021Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4DB
Received 14 May 202158 , Chatsworth Drive , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0PB
Received 14 May 2021Beech Cottage , Cheadle Road , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3AN
Received 14 May 2021137 , Armshead Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0EL
Received 17 May 2021Knypersley Mill Farm , Judgefield Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8UG
Received 14 May 2021Adams Meadows , Land South West Of , Holt Lane , Kingsley , Staffordshire , ST10 2BA
Received 17 May 2021Roaches View , Leek Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9AR
Received 18 May 2021Surgery , Old Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4EG
Received 18 May 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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