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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3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
65 , Horton Drive , Weston Coyney , Stoke on Trent , ST3 5HJ
Received 18 Aug 2025New Buildings Farm , Sandon Road , Sharpley Heath , Stone , Staffordshire , ST15 8SL
Received 26 Aug 2025The Laurels , Reacliffe Road , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8RS
Received 26 Aug 2025Meadowside , Calton Moor , Staffordshire , DE6 2BU
Received 26 Aug 2025Land to the East of Froghall Road & , North of Ayr Road & , Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 27 Aug 2025Land to the East of Froghall Road & , North of Ayr Road & , Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 27 Aug 2025Land to the East of Froghall Road & , North of Ayr Road & , Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 27 Aug 2025Land to the East of Froghall Road & , North of Ayr Road & , Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 27 Aug 2025Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4DB
Received 27 Aug 2025Willowshaw Farm , Cloudside , Congleton , Staffordshire , CW12 3QQ
Received 27 Aug 2025Rudyard Manor , Green Lane , Rudyard , Staffordshire , ST13 8PN
Received 28 Aug 2025Advance Proteins Ltd , Bones Lane , Cheddleton , Staffordshire , ST13 7BT
Received 28 Aug 20253 , Wootton Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 3BJ
Received 21 Aug 202549 , Town End , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1PG
Received 14 Aug 2025Land East Of , Greenway Hall Road , ST9 9PW
Received 22 Aug 2025GAIA HOUSE , Tinman Lane , Hulme End , Staffordshire , SK17 0HH
Received 27 Aug 2025Bracks Farm , School Lane , Freehay , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1TR
Received 29 Aug 2025Shoetime , 180 , Uttoxeter Road , Blythe Bridge , Staffordshire , ST11 9JR
Received 1 Sept 202514 , Market Place , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5HH
Received 1 Sept 202549 , Conway Road , Knypersley , Staffordshire , ST8 7AW
Received 1 Sept 20252 4 , Rosebank Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 6AG
Received 1 Sept 202582 , Portland Drive , Forsbrook , Staffordshire , ST11 9AU
Received 2 Sept 2025Land to the east of Froghall Road and , North of Ayr Road and Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 2 Sept 2025Land to the east of Froghall Road and , North of Ayr Road and Cheltenham Avenue , Cheadle , Staffordshire ,
Received 2 Sept 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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