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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wills Croft , Abbey Green Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8SA
Received 10 Mar 2025Wills Croft , Abbey Green Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8SA
Received 10 Mar 2025Wills Croft , Abbey Green Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8SA
Received 10 Mar 202530 , Rudyard Road , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7JN
Received 7 Mar 2025Brough Park Leisure Centre , Ball Haye Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6AT
Received 11 Mar 2025Brook Cottage , The Village , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9EY
Received 11 Mar 2025Brook Cottage , The Village , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9EY
Received 11 Mar 20256 , Rookery Crescent , Cresswell , Staffordshire , ST11 9RA
Received 10 Mar 202522 , The Avenue , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9PY
Received 11 Mar 2025The Old Vicarage , Dimble Lane , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4BL
Received 12 Mar 20252A , New Close Avenue , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9DN
Received 12 Mar 2025WOODHOUSE FARM , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8TJ
Received 14 Mar 20252 , Chapel Street , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9BY
Received 14 Mar 2025Forest Farm , Ashbourne Road , Calton Moor , Ashbourne , Staffordshire , DE6 2BU
Received 14 Mar 2025Markovitz Ltd , Barnfields Close , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5QG
Received 14 Mar 202528 , Rudyard Road , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7JN
Received 14 Mar 2025140 , High Lane , Brown Edge , Staffordshire , ST6 8RU
Received 14 Mar 2025224 , Uttoxeter Road , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9JR
Received 17 Mar 20257 GREENSLEEVES , Highfield Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1JW
Received 14 Mar 202526 Little Timbers , Meadow Avenue , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BD
Received 17 Mar 2025Greenhead Farm , Leek Road , Kingsley Moor , Staffordshire , ST10 2EJ
Received 17 Mar 20255 , Spinney Close , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9BP
Received 14 Mar 2025New House Farm , Cotton Lane , Cotton , Staffordshire , ST10 3DT
Received 18 Mar 2025Salters Ford Farm , Newtown Road , Newtown , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 7SW
Received 18 Mar 2025Records 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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