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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 , Ullswater Drive , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1SU
Received 1 Sept 2022293 , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0JS
Received 2 Sept 2022Lower Overton Farm , Overton Road , Congleton , Staffordshire , CW12 3QW
Received 5 Sept 2022Spring Cottage Farm , Mill Lane , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BN
Received 5 Sept 2022THE OLD BARNS , Chapel Street , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 30 Aug 2022Meridian Farm, Apesford Farm , Apesford Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7EX
Received 30 Aug 202212 Larksfield , Curzon Rise , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8NJ
Received 5 Sept 2022The Croft , Moss Hill , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9NW
Received 8 Sept 2022Croda Chemicals Europe Ltd , Barnfield Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5QJ
Received 7 Sept 2022The Maude Institute , Clerk Bank , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5HB
Received 7 Sept 202243 Big Southlow Farm , Leek Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0AR
Received 7 Sept 2022Blakeley Farm , Blakeley Lane , Whiston , Staffordshire , ST10 2HB
Received 6 Sept 2022Land At Deadmans Green , Uttoxeter Road , Checkley , Staffordshire ,
Received 6 Sept 2022Charles Knowle Farm , Charles Knowle Lane , Rushton Spencer , Staffordshire , SK11 0RW
Received 7 Sept 2022Rock Cottage , Cheadle Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0AX
Received 8 Sept 202238 , Daisy Bank , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5HA
Received 8 Sept 2022Abbey View Cottage , Quarry Road , Hollington , Staffordshire , ST10 4HP
Received 7 Sept 2022Archbury Lodge , Ashbourne Road , Whiston , Staffordshire , ST10 2HU
Received 7 Sept 2022Land At Deadmans Green , Uttoxeter Road , Checkley , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Sept 20221 Ruddyole , The Crescent , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8RW
Received 9 Sept 2022Bank View (Adams) , Draycott Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4JJ
Received 9 Sept 20222 , Kendal Cottages , Cotton Lane , Cotton , Staffordshire , ST10 3DN
Received 9 Sept 2022Upper Park Farm , Park Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2NE
Received 12 Sept 2022Land Off , Smithy Lane , Mobberley , Staffordshire ,
Received 12 Sept 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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