Staffordshire Moorlands

Limited recent decision data is available for Staffordshire Moorlands, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2022-05-24–2026-05-19): 83.1% of 2,538 decisions approved.

3,356Total applications

2,108Approved

430Refused

84Withdrawn

0Pending

83.1%Approval rate (all types)

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By Development Category

Category	Total	Approved	Refused	Approval rate
Householder	913	770	143	84.3%
Full Planning Application	748	580	168	77.5%
Discharge of Conditions	253	253	0	100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)	125	111	14	88.8%
Listed Building Consent	108	108	0	100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a)	99	92	7	92.9%
Agricultural/Forestry Determination	81	50	31	61.7%
Notification - Change of Use Prior Approval	68	41	27	60.3%
Outline - MINOR apps	35	10	25	28.6%
Advertisement Consent	29	29	0	100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)	26	25	1	96.2%
Reserved Matters	14	13	1	92.9%
Demolition	8	6	2	75.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping)	7	7	0	100.0%
Permission in Principle	7	2	5	28.6%
All others	6	4	2	66.7%
Telecommunications	3	1	2	33.3%
Reserved Matters - Small-scale MAJOR apps	2	1	1	50.0%
Uncategorised	2	2	0	100.0%
Electricity Applications - Circular 14/90	1	1	0	100.0%
Outline - Small-scale MAJOR apps	1	0	1	0.0%
Outline - Large-scale MAJOR apps	1	1	0	100.0%
Listed Building Consent - Demolition	1	1	0	100.0%

Quarterly Trend

Quarter	Decided	Approved	Approval rate
2023-Q3	173	134	77.5%
2023-Q4	170	147	86.5%
2024-Q1	155	121	78.1%
2024-Q2	178	153	86.0%
2024-Q3	196	166	84.7%
2024-Q4	178	147	82.6%
2025-Q1	142	121	85.2%
2025-Q2	180	148	82.2%
2025-Q3	167	136	81.4%
2025-Q4	149	116	77.9%
2026-Q1	125	96	76.8%
2026-Q2	84	72	85.7%

By Ward

Ward	Total	Approved	Refused	Approval rate
No ward data available

Planning guides

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