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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Good Cow Farm , Blackwood House Lane , Horton , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8QD
Received 21 Feb 20228 , Back Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QS
Received 22 Feb 2022Selectus Ltd , Uplands Mill , The Uplands , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7EP
Received 22 Feb 2022Broadhurst Farm , Leek Road , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3LQ
Received 22 Feb 2022The Stone House , Malthouse Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4AG
Received 22 Feb 2022The Stone House , Malthouse Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4AG
Received 22 Feb 20227 Leigh House , Daintry Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PG
Received 23 Feb 202244 , King Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5NW
Received 23 Feb 2022Meadow Clough Farm , Thorncliffe Lane , Thorncliffe , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8TP
Received 23 Feb 2022Lark Rise , Sutherland Road , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QD
Received 24 Feb 2022Steinfields Farm , Broad Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8TU
Received 24 Feb 2022Bluestone House , Clay Lake , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DE
Received 25 Feb 2022Greenfields , Station Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DR
Received 25 Feb 2022Waggon And Horses , Leek Road , Kingsley Moor , Staffordshire , ST10 2EJ
Received 25 Feb 2022Lower Moor End Farm , Stoney Lane , Cauldon , Staffordshire , ST10 3EP
Received 28 Feb 2022The Foxgloves , Star Bank , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3BA
Received 1 Mar 20224A Transformer House , Well Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6JU
Received 1 Mar 202218 , Brownhill Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QY
Received 1 Mar 2022Unit 5 , Burton Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8DA
Received 28 Feb 2022Biddulph Grange National Trust , Grange Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SD
Received 1 Mar 2022Land At , The Green , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Mar 2022Miss Wilson's , Wootton Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 3BQ
Received 1 Mar 202211 Fair View , Battlesteads , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BE
Received 1 Mar 2022Cheadle Equestrian Centre , Eaves Lane , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1RB
Received 2 Mar 2022Records 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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