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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 , Bourne Place , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8LS
Received 27 Oct 2022Orchard Lea , Clewlows Bank , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LN
Received 27 Oct 2022Black Head Inn , High Street , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4DY
Received 28 Oct 2022First And Second Floors , 35 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6HU
Received 28 Oct 2022Fair View , Caverswall Common Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EU
Received 31 Oct 2022Old Hall Nursery , Ashbourne Road , Bottomhouse , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7PN
Received 1 Nov 2022Blakeley Lane Methodist Church , Blakeley Lane , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2PS
Received 31 Oct 2022Platts New House Farm , Leek Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0AP
Received 31 Oct 2022Land East Of Sandfields , Kingsley Road , Cellarhead , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Nov 2022435 The Beeches , Cheadle Road , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7BH
Received 2 Nov 2022Wellington Mill , John Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5ED
Received 2 Nov 2022Land At , Oakamoor Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Nov 2022LAND REAR OF MEADOW PLACE FARM , Brookfields Road , Ipstones , Staffordshire ,
Received 2 Nov 202235 , St Edward Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5DN
Received 2 Nov 2022123 , Ball Haye Green , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6BH
Received 3 Nov 2022The Gables , Cheddleton Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5RE
Received 3 Nov 2022Rudyard Manor , Green Lane , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8PN
Received 4 Nov 2022157 , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QA
Received 4 Nov 2022Roughstones , Cheadle Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9RQ
Received 4 Nov 2022Holly Dene , School Road , Bagnall , Staffordshire , ST9 9JP
Received 7 Nov 20221 Winrush , Harewood Close , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1JG
Received 7 Nov 2022LAND KNOWN AS WHISTON FIELDS , Eaves Lane , Armshead , Staffordshire ,
Received 8 Nov 20227 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6HN
Received 8 Nov 2022The Crown Inn , Tean Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1TW
Received 8 Nov 2022Records 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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