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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL STORE , School Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire ,
Received 31 May 20222 , Nab Hill Court , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8BZ
Received 31 May 202272 , Beggars Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8JR
Received 1 Jun 2022Blakeley , Reacliffe Road , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8RS
Received 1 Jun 202267 , High Street , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6AA
Received 6 Jun 2022Cliff House , Bank End , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QR
Received 6 Jun 2022Tittesworth Footpath No5 , Thorncliffe , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Jun 202219 , Light Oakes Avenue , Milton , Stoke-on-Trent , ST2 7NF
Received 30 May 202295 , High Street , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6AB
Received 6 Jun 2022Heaton House Farm , Meerbrook Road , Rushton Spencer , Staffordshire , SK11 0RD
Received 7 Jun 2022Vale View , Hazles Cross Road , Kingsley , Staffordshire , ST10 2AX
Received 7 Jun 202225 , Uplands Drive , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0LG
Received 8 Jun 2022158 , Tunstall Road , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7AF
Received 8 Jun 2022Somerdale Farm , Lodge Barn Road , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7NS
Received 8 Jun 2022Hermitage Farm , Froghall Road , Froghall , Staffordshire , ST10 2HQ
Received 9 Jun 2022Newfold Farm , Sytch Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8QX
Received 7 Jun 202218 , Highfield Road East , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6HA
Received 7 Jun 2022Banktop Farm , Dilhorne Road , Blakeley , Staffordshire , ST10 2PN
Received 9 Jun 20222 , Church Lane , Checkley , Staffordshire , ST10 4NJ
Received 10 Jun 2022The Dairy , Ringe Hay Farm , Basford Green Road , Basford , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7ET
Received 21 Jun 202221 , Dove Way , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3HG
Received 10 Jun 202275 , Cheddleton Park Avenue , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7NS
Received 10 Jun 2022Palmbrook , Foxt Road , Foxt , Staffordshire , ST10 2HN
Received 13 Jun 2022Foxt And Whiston Vicarage , Shay Lane , Foxt , Staffordshire , ST10 2HN
Received 13 Jun 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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