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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,776Searchable applications
37Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 3,737 approved or refused records
684Refused applications

3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas17 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

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More application records

  1. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0683

    Partial demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey rear extension

    9 , Honeysuckle Avenue , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9RW

    Received 22 Oct 2021
  2. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedDOC/2021/0103

    Discharge of conditions 5,8 & 17 of SMD/2021/0266

    130 Flying Horse Inn , Ashbourne Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5BJ

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  3. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0684

    Proposed side and rear extensions and alterations to existing side conservatory, with associated ground works.

    647 Ivy Cottage , Cheadle Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BA

    Received 22 Oct 2021
  4. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0685

    New window openings and creation new of vehicle access

    7 Leigh House , Daintry Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PG

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  5. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0686

    Demolition of existing flat roof garage and replace with new pitched roof extension

    37 , Tittesworth Estate , Blackshaw Moor , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8TS

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  6. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0687

    Erection of detached garage, new vehicular access and replacement roadside boundary wall

    Dorandale , Stanley Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LL

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  7. PNAPPDET/2021/0037

    Application for determination of Prior Approval - Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (Class C3)

    Taylors Green Farm , Honeysuckle Lane , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QN

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  8. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedDOC/2021/0104

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 re: SMD/2020/0637

    197 , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QA

    Received 25 Oct 2021
  9. Recommendation entered - Pending decisionDOC/2021/0105

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6, 8, 10, 11, 14 and 16 in regards to SMD/2019/0444

    Stoney Park , Consall Lane , Consall , Staffordshire , ST9 0AD

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  10. PNREQDET/2021/0038

    General purpose steel portal shed to match existing building in design and colour. To store farm implements, tools/consumables, feed, bedding, storage, repairs, animal shelter.

    Bagnall Green Farm , The Green , Bagnall , Staffordshire , ST9 9JR

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  11. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0688

    Outline permission with some matters reserved for Erection of a single 2 - Storey, 3 - Bedroom dwelling

    Land Between Ash Cottage and Willan Rose , Godley Lane , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2PF

    Received 26 Oct 2021
  12. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedDOC/2021/0106

    Discharge of conditions 3,6 and 7 in relation to SMD/2019/0475

    Land Behind Stonewalls , Foxt Road , Foxt , Staffordshire ,

    Received 27 Oct 2021
  13. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0689

    Erection of car port with first floor extension to side of dwelling, alterations including front porch, widening of existing vehicular access and enlargement of hard standing

    7 , Beech Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7AF

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  14. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0690

    Replacement of an existing flat roofed conservatory with a larger pitched roof extension with attached rear loggia.

    122 , Park Lane , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7BQ

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  15. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0691

    Screening opinion to determine the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to accompany a planning application, for a proposed battery storage project

    Land Off , Bemersley Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire ,

    Received 27 Oct 2021
  16. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0692

    Erection of a single storey side extension

    Rose Cottage , Bradley Lane , Bradley In The Moors , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4DF

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  17. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0693

    Rear and front single storey extensions

    27 , Greenfield Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9HL

    Received 28 Oct 2021
  18. PNREFDET/2021/0039

    Change of Use of agricultural buildings to one dwellinghouse (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion.

    The Withering Farm , Cheadle Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4DH

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  19. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedCON/2021/0028

    PLANNING APPLICATION NO. SCC/21/0033/FULL for the remodelling of existing golf course to improve on-site water management, accessibility and player safety through the importation of engineering materials to regrade and reprofile part of the existing golf course, with the construction of new attenuation and irrigation ponds, erection of an associated pump house and proposed landscaping and tree planting at Whiston Hall Golf Club, Black Lane, Whiston.

    Whiston Hall Golf Club , Black Lane , Whiston , Staffordshire , ST10 2HZ

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  20. Valid application receivedDET/2021/0040

    Proposed agricultural replacement storage building

    Birch Trees Farm , Biddulph Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PL

    Received 1 Nov 2021
  21. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0694

    Development of 75 new dwellings, new access, provision of green infrastructure and all associated works

    Land at , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire ,

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  22. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0695

    Erection of a Flexible Energy Facility

    Land Adjacent Cellarhead Substation , Rownall Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire ,

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  23. Consultations/Re-consultations issuedSMD/2021/0696

    Outline permission with details of access (all other matters reserved) Proposed Change of Use of Part Domestic Residential Curtilage to Residential Building Plot

    Serendipity , School Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7ND

    Received 29 Oct 2021
  24. FULL-APPSMD/2021/0697

    Replacement of detached single garage with two storey structure for ancillary accommodation with integral garage

    Rosebank Cottage , Sunnyside , Kingsley , Staffordshire , ST10 2AS

    Received 29 Oct 2021

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