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Stafford

In the last 12 months, 89.1% of householder applications were approved in Stafford (175 decided). A typical householder decision takes about sixteen weeks (median 113 days).

Full planning applications: 74.4% approved (125 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-04-21–2026-06-11): 83.3% of 2,302 decisions approved.

3,093Total applications
1,917Approved
385Refused
133Withdrawn
523Pending
83.3%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,079Not Available
13Delegated Application
1Committee Application
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 782 647 135
82.7%
Full Planning Application 489 408 81
83.4%
Tree Works (TPO) 247 209 38
84.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 175 134 41
76.6%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 129 128 1
99.2%
Listed Building Consent 119 111 8
93.3%
Advertisement Consent 55 43 12
78.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 48 41 7
85.4%
Prior Approval (Other) 42 37 5
88.1%
Agricultural to Residential Prior Approv 41 21 20
51.2%
Other Notifications 29 29 0
100.0%
Change of Use 27 23 4
85.2%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 21 14 7
66.7%
Outline Planning 20 7 13
35.0%
Reserved Matters 12 12 0
100.0%
Environmental Screening 11 11 0
100.0%
Demolition 11 9 2
81.8%
Permission in Principle 11 7 4
63.6%
Telecommunications 10 5 5
50.0%
Residential Annex 9 8 1
88.9%
Discharge of Conditions 6 6 0
100.0%
State Funded School Registered Nursery 2 2 0
100.0%
Agricultural Building to Flexible Use 2 1 1
50.0%
Technical Detail Consent 2 2 0
100.0%
Modification of Planning Obligation 1 1 0
100.0%
Public Service Infra Development 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 129 105
81.4%
2023-Q4 218 173
79.4%
2024-Q1 244 199
81.6%
2024-Q2 186 153
82.3%
2024-Q3 193 161
83.4%
2024-Q4 212 181
85.4%
2025-Q1 195 168
86.2%
2025-Q2 207 184
88.9%
2025-Q3 207 176
85.0%
2025-Q4 170 139
81.8%
2026-Q1 215 171
79.5%
2026-Q2 57 48
84.2%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Eccleshall 261 220 41
84.3%
Milwich 233 201 32
86.3%
Swynnerton And Oulton 217 186 31
85.7%
Seighford And Church Eaton 195 159 36
81.5%
St Michaels And Stonefield 146 124 22
84.9%
Haywood And Hixon 144 120 24
83.3%
Gnosall And Woodseaves 143 112 31
78.3%
Forebridge 133 109 24
82.0%
Fulford 102 79 23
77.5%
Milford 80 72 8
90.0%
Baswich 72 56 16
77.8%
Weeping Cross And Wildwood 70 58 12
82.9%
Planning guides

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