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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dray Cottage , Cheadle Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9RQ
Received 14 Jul 2022Barn , Hayes Gate Farm , Star Bank , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3BN
Received 14 Jul 202210 , Heybridge Close , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4LU
Received 14 Jul 2022Lock 10 Hazlehurst Top Lock , Park Lane , Endon , Staffordshire ,
Received 14 Jul 202281 , Basford Bridge Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7EQ
Received 14 Jul 2022410 , New Street , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7LR
Received 15 Jul 2022Park View Farm , Stoney Lane , Cauldon , Staffordshire , ST10 3EP
Received 15 Jul 2022Park View Farm , Stoney Lane , Cauldon , Staffordshire , ST10 3EP
Received 15 Jul 2022Telephone Exchange , St Edward Street , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 15 Jul 2022Wardlow & Wredon Quarry Complex , Ashbourne Road , Rue Hill , Cauldon Low , Staffordshire ,
Received 18 Jul 2022Queens Drive , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6PZ
Received 19 Jul 2022Street Record , Mollatts Wood Road , Leek , Staffordshire ,
Received 20 Jul 20229 , Woodside Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7AN
Received 19 Jul 2022Widowfields Farm , Ford Hayes Lane , Hulme , Staffordshire , ST3 5BJ
Received 20 Jul 2022Morridge Side House , Cooks Lane , Bradnop , Staffordshire , ST13 7HA
Received 21 Jul 202226 , Mow Lane , Gillow Heath , Staffordshire , ST8 6QQ
Received 21 Jul 2022Franklyn , Post Lane , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DT
Received 21 Jul 2022Land at , Cedarhill , Alton , Staffordshire ,
Received 21 Jul 2022Foxearth Bungalow , Leek Road , Moorville , Cellarhead , Staffordshire , ST9 0DG
Received 22 Jul 2022Sharpcliffe Hall , Bradshaw Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2LJ
Received 22 Jul 2022Sharpcliffe Hall , Bradshaw Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2LJ
Received 22 Jul 2022149 , Elmwood Drive , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9NY
Received 22 Jul 2022Gorseydale , Cheddleton Heath Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7DX
Received 25 Jul 2022Oak Tree Farm , Tickhill Lane , Dilhorne , Staffordshire , ST10 2PL
Received 25 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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