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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longhurst Farm , Dimmingsdale , Oakamoor , Staffordshire , ST10 3AS
Received 27 Mar 2025Breffni , Spicerstone Estate , Leekbrook , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7DS
Received 27 Mar 202523 , Beggars Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8DB
Received 27 Mar 202524 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AF
Received 27 Mar 202537 , Daisy Bank , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5HA
Received 28 Mar 2025LAND OFF , Basford View , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7HJ
Received 28 Mar 2025STONE HOUSE , Macclesfield Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 8SF
Received 28 Mar 20255 , Moorhead Drive , Bagnall , Staffordshire , ST9 9LQ
Received 28 Mar 202530 , Buxton Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6EE
Received 28 Mar 2025Hopestone Farm , Park Lane , Ipstones , Staffordshire , ST10 2NE
Received 31 Mar 2025Land adjacent to Lakeland Lodges , Rudyard Road , Rudyard , Staffordshire ,
Received 31 Mar 2025Greenways , Rudyard Road , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7JW
Received 31 Mar 20259 , Springcroft , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9PG
Received 31 Mar 202512 , Robin Hill , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7NN
Received 31 Mar 2025SPRINGFIELD COTTAGE , Green Lane , Calton , Staffordshire , DE6 2BU
Received 1 Apr 2025HIGGINS HILL BUNGALOW , Basford View , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7HJ
Received 31 Mar 202524 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AF
Received 31 Mar 2025Blakemore And Chell , New Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6EB
Received 31 Mar 2025Deepdale , Birchall Lane , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5RA
Received 1 Apr 202515 , Ash Grove , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST2 9EF
Received 31 Mar 2025Springfield Farm , Bradley Lane , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4DQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Springfield Farm , Bradley Lane , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4DQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Ashlea Farm , Bradley Lane , Bradley In The Moors , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4DQ
Received 31 Mar 2025LAND AND BARN AT , Bromley Edge Lane , Winkhill , Staffordshire ,
Received 2 Apr 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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