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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barnfield Road Industrial Estate , Barnfield Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5QG
Received 22 Aug 2022South View , Commonside , Boundary , Staffordshire , ST10 2NU
Received 22 Aug 2022Roamersley , Park Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7JS
Received 19 Aug 20223 , The Doves , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6RB
Received 22 Aug 202214 , Tower Close , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6NQ
Received 22 Aug 202224 , Geoffrey Avenue , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PQ
Received 22 Aug 2022Flat 9 , Compton House , Compton , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PU
Received 23 Aug 2022Primrose Barn , Caverswall Park Farm , School Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST3 6HP
Received 24 Aug 202216 , Furlong Avenue , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4JS
Received 23 Aug 2022South View , Commonside , Boundary , Staffordshire , ST10 2NU
Received 23 Aug 2022Near 109 , Park Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8JU
Received 23 Aug 2022Scrapyard , Barnfield Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5QG
Received 25 Aug 2022South View , Moor Court , Farley Road , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3BD
Received 25 Aug 2022Cheadle Transmitting Station , Hares Lane , Highshutt , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 25 Aug 202253 , Craigside , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6BP
Received 30 Aug 2022Leek Transmitting Station , Mount Road , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Sept 2022Cloud Wood End Farm , Toft Green Lane , Cloud Side , Congleton , Staffordshire , CW12 3QF
Received 31 Aug 2022Earls Rock , Red Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BU
Received 31 Aug 202283 Lilac Grove Farm , Folly Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7DA
Received 31 Aug 2022Park View , Foxt Road , Foxt , Staffordshire , ST10 2HR
Received 31 Aug 20224 , New Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9DY
Received 31 Aug 2022Wragg Hall Farm , Biddulph Park Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SJ
Received 1 Sept 202246 Ivydene , Churnet Valley Road , Kingsley Holt , Staffordshire , ST10 2BQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Land to the corner of Well Street , adjoining Robina Drive , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1EY
Received 19 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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