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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 , Tape Street , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1ER
Received 2 Jun 2021Draycott Grange , Cheadle Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9RQ
Received 14 Jun 2021Flag Tower , Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire ,
Received 14 Jun 202152 , Knowle Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6LH
Received 15 Jun 2021281 , Eaves Lane , Armshead , Staffordshire , ST2 8LY
Received 15 Jun 2021Land Off , Quarry Bank , Hollington , Staffordshire ,
Received 15 Jun 2021The Barn , Upper House Farm , Salters Lane , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0DA
Received 16 Jun 202184 , Rakeway Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1QH
Received 14 Jun 2021Ashcombe Park Cricket Club , Basford Bridge Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7EQ
Received 16 Jun 2021Wredon Quarry , Ashbourne Road , Rue Hill , Cauldon Low , Staffordshire , ST10 3HA
Received 16 Jun 2021177 , Uttoxeter Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9AB
Received 16 Jun 2021Tean Leys Farm , Tean Leys , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4NS
Received 17 Jun 2021Moss Cottage , Macclesfield Road , Rushton Spencer , Staffordshire , SK11 0QU
Received 17 Jun 2021Park House Farm , Biddulph Common Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SR
Received 17 Jun 2021The Huntsman , The Green , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1XS
Received 17 Jun 20213 Alton Castle , Tape Street , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1BG
Received 18 Jun 2021Hollywell Cottage , Huntley Road , Denford , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7JX
Received 18 Jun 202115 , Gordon Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8NZ
Received 21 Jun 20211 , Litley Drive , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1NJ
Received 21 Jun 202117 , Crossfield Avenue , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9PL
Received 18 Jun 20212 Brookside Cottage , Alton Lane , Greatgate , STAFFORDSHIRE , ST10 4HF
Received 18 Jun 2021St Annes Cottage , Church Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8TB
Received 21 Jun 2021Land North of , Breach Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire ,
Received 21 Jun 2021Isaac Walton Farm , Cresswell Lane , Cresswell , Staffordshire , ST11 9RE
Received 21 Jun 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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