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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Augusta , Churnet Road , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9BP
Received 22 Mar 2022197 , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QA
Received 22 Mar 2022Willgate House , Green Lane , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8PN
Received 23 Mar 202242 , Hencroft , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8EZ
Received 22 Mar 20225 , Elmwood Close , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9LT
Received 23 Mar 2022Upper Newton Farm , Draycott Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4JN
Received 23 Mar 20221 , Amber Court , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9NE
Received 24 Mar 2022J Cb Landpower Ltd , Oakamoor Road , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 4QT
Received 24 Mar 2022197 , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QA
Received 24 Mar 2022Apesford Farm , Apesford Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7EX
Received 24 Mar 2022Loreto , Clewlows Bank , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LN
Received 29 Mar 2022137 , Armshead Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0EL
Received 25 Mar 202246 Natwest , High Street , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1AQ
Received 25 Mar 202212 , Thelma Avenue , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QN
Received 25 Mar 2022Stone Barn Farm , Sutherland Road , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QD
Received 28 Mar 2022Long Edge House , Pines Lane , Biddulph Park , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SP
Received 28 Mar 20225 , Froghall Road , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2NA
Received 29 Mar 202224 , Fountain Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6JR
Received 29 Mar 2022Land To The North Of Hawes Farm , High Street , Ipstones , Staffordshire ,
Received 29 Mar 202282 , Heath Avenue , Cellarhead , Staffordshire , ST9 0HU
Received 29 Mar 202282 St Gotthard , Caverswall Road , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9BG
Received 29 Mar 202219 , Hugo Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5PE
Received 29 Mar 2022Heaton Lowe Farm , Heaton Village Road , Heaton , Staffordshire , SK11 0RE
Received 29 Mar 2022Lowtop , Park Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2ND
Received 29 Mar 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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