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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Honey Hole Farm , Stoney Lane , Cauldon , Staffordshire , ST10 3EP
Received 22 Nov 20218 , Charnwood Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8HX
Received 22 Nov 2021203 , Congleton Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6QW
Received 22 Nov 2021Checkley Cricket Club , Uttoxeter Road , Checkley , Staffordshire , ST10 4NA
Received 22 Nov 202133 Norcliffe , Basnetts Wood Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DQ
Received 22 Nov 2021Gorseydale , Cheddleton Heath Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7DX
Received 22 Nov 20212 , Eastbourne Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8DG
Received 22 Nov 202130 , Draycott Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4JF
Received 22 Nov 2021Land Adjacent Yew Tree House , Cheddleton Heath Road , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 22 Nov 2021Teanford Mill , Breach Lane , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4EW
Received 23 Nov 2021Greenway Hall Golf Club , Stanley Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LJ
Received 22 Nov 202117 Spring Bank , Novi Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6NR
Received 22 Nov 2021Whiston Hall Golf Club , Black Lane , Whiston , Staffordshire , ST10 2HZ
Received 22 Nov 202116 , High View Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9HT
Received 23 Nov 2021Holme Farm , Red Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BT
Received 22 Nov 202114 , Villa Road , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7EA
Received 24 Nov 2021Broad Hayes Park Homes , Hammersley Hayes Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 24 Nov 2021The Swiss Cottage , Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4DB
Received 25 Nov 2021Bank Farm , Roughcote Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9ET
Received 25 Nov 2021The Boathouse , Lakeside Road , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8RP
Received 26 Nov 2021Park Bungalow , Blakeley Lane , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2PS
Received 26 Nov 2021Leek Bus Station , Haywood Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5JW
Received 26 Nov 2021Freshwinds , Stile House Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7LS
Received 26 Nov 2021Bank Farm , Roughcote Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9ET
Received 25 Nov 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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