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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Glyndor , High Street , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2LU
Received 6 Oct 2022Beeches , Dale Bank Road , Winnothdale , Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 1RE
Received 7 Oct 2022Highfield , Chapel Lane , Threapwood , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 4QZ
Received 7 Oct 2022Lark Rise , Stanley Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LJ
Received 10 Oct 202247 , Froghall Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1JR
Received 7 Oct 20221 Shangri La , Lockwood Road , Kingsley Holt , Staffordshire , ST10 2BE
Received 10 Oct 202223 25 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6HN
Received 10 Oct 202222 , The Oval , Cellarhead , Staffordshire , ST9 0HS
Received 10 Oct 2022Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4DB
Received 7 Oct 2022The Crown Inn , Tean Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1TW
Received 11 Oct 2022Earls Rock , Red Road , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BU
Received 10 Oct 2022Land at , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire ,
Received 10 Oct 202227-29 , Congleton Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6DY
Received 11 Oct 2022Biddulph Park Methodist Church , Biddulph Park Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SJ
Received 11 Oct 2022Inglewood , Bagnall Road , Bagnall , Staffordshire , ST9 9JU
Received 11 Oct 2022Valley Primary School , School Drive , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3DQ
Received 11 Oct 2022Esterchem Ltd , Brooklands Way , Leekbrook , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7QF
Received 13 Oct 20226 , Stoney Gate , Uttoxeter Road , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4PS
Received 13 Oct 2022Wragg Hall Farm , Biddulph Park Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SJ
Received 13 Oct 202265 , Armshead Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0EG
Received 13 Oct 202216 18 , Ashbourne Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AS
Received 14 Oct 202234 Dairy Cottage , High Street , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2LU
Received 14 Oct 2022205 , Park Lane , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7NR
Received 14 Oct 2022Horton Hall , Tollgate Road , Horton , Staffordshire , ST13 8PH
Received 14 Oct 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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