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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 , Vale View , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7LL
Received 30 Jun 2022Churnet Works , Abbey Green Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8YQ
Received 30 Jun 2022Land rear of 52 , Broad Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5NS
Received 30 Jun 2022Longsdon Transmitting Station , City Lane , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 30 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To Daisy Bank Farm , Uttoxeter Road , Upper Tean , Staffordshire ,
Received 1 Jul 2022Broadhurst Farm , Leek Road , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3LQ
Received 1 Jul 202225 , Westwood Park Avenue , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8LR
Received 1 Jul 202210 , The Avenue , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7JB
Received 4 Jul 2022Westwood Hall Farm , Westwood Park Drive , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8NW
Received 5 Jul 2022The Fenns , Moss Hill , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9NW
Received 5 Jul 2022402 , New Street , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7LR
Received 5 Jul 2022Land southeast of , Mill Lane , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BW
Received 4 Jul 202234 , Brentwood Drive , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0DW
Received 4 Jul 202210 , Villa Road , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7EA
Received 6 Jul 2022Holmlea Cottage , Leek Road , Cellarhead , Staffordshire , ST9 0DG
Received 6 Jul 2022Alton Towers Car Park , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4RP
Received 5 Jul 20223 , Fold Terrace , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7HR
Received 6 Jul 2022Sexton Farm , Dog Lane , Ipstones Edge , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2LR
Received 6 Jul 202222 The Beeches , Jasmine Close , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9RS
Received 6 Jul 202222 The Beeches , Jasmine Close , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9RS
Received 6 Jul 2022Lane Ends Farm , Ashbourne Road , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Received 6 Jul 2022Land At Double Gates Nursery , Sytch Road , Brown Edge , Staffordshire ,
Received 7 Jul 202230 , Buxton Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6EE
Received 7 Jul 2022Shawe Farm , Shawe Park Road , Kingsley Holt , Staffordshire , ST10 2DL
Received 7 Jul 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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