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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moorlands Farm , Ellastone Road , Cauldon Low , Staffordshire , ST10 3ET
Received 6 Jul 2021177 , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9DX
Received 6 Jul 2021Land off , Clewlows Bank , Bagnall , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Jul 2021Land to the east of Froghall Road and north of , Ayr Road and Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Jul 2021Land to the east of Froghall Road and north of , Ayr Road and Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Jul 2021Land to the east of Froghall Road and north of , Ayr Road and Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Jul 2021Common Winds , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU
Received 8 Jul 202157 , Junction Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5QN
Received 8 Jul 2021Land at Cecilly Mill , Oakamoor Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 4QT
Received 7 Jul 202128 , Mow Lane , Gillow Heath , Staffordshire , ST8 6QQ
Received 9 Jul 20213 , Spring Crescent , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QH
Received 9 Jul 2021Six Oaks Farm , Apesford Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7EU
Received 12 Jul 2021Meadow View , Clewlows Bank , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LP
Received 12 Jul 202117 North View , Station Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DR
Received 12 Jul 2021Bradley Elms Farm , Alton Road , Threapwood , Staffordshire , ST10 4RB
Received 13 Jul 2021Land Off , Stile House Lane , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 13 Jul 202139 Woody End , School Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EN
Received 13 Jul 2021Bank View (Adams) , Draycott Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4JJ
Received 14 Jul 20214 , Ashwood Grove , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9NB
Received 14 Jul 20213 Alton Castle , Tape Street , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1BG
Received 15 Jul 2021Land East Of Sandfields , Kingsley Road , Cellarhead , Staffordshire ,
Received 16 Jul 2021Post Bridge , Post Lane , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DU
Received 16 Jul 2021Meadowstile Farm , Tower Hill Road , Brown Lees , Staffordshire , ST8 6PA
Received 16 Jul 2021Hayes Gate Farm , Star Bank , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3BN
Received 16 Jul 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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