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Staffordshire Moorlands: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, West Midlands; within the county of STS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Staffordshire County Council. ONS code E07000198.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Staffordshire Moorlands for 2026–27: £191.50 of a £2,338.21 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)

Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
St Leonard's CofE (A) First School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
Ilam Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
St Leonard's Church of England First School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Staffordshire Moorlands reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Staffordshire Moorlands: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£241,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£1.1 million
Cultural and related services	£1.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£4.9 million
Planning and development services	£1.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£6.1 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£14.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Staffordshire Moorlands in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 96,651 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 50 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,399 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £625 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 20.1% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £224,415 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 10.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 75.6% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 106.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,400 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

56 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 22, Labour Party 20, Independent / Other 10, Green Party (E&W) 2, Liberal Democrats 1, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 56 councillors, by ward

Nigel Moult (Conservative and Unionist) — Alton
Charlotte Edwards (Conservative and Unionist) — Bagnall and Stanley
Chris Wood (Labour Party) — Biddulph East
Connor Brady (Green Party (E&W)) — Biddulph East
Jill Salt (Independent / Other) — Biddulph East
John Jones (Independent / Other) — Biddulph Moor
Adam Parkes (Labour Party) — Biddulph North
Andrew Hart (Independent / Other) — Biddulph North
Jim Garvey (Independent / Other) — Biddulph North
Andrew Church (Labour Party) — Biddulph South
Charlie Smith (Independent / Other) — Biddulph West
Dave Proudlove (Labour Party) — Biddulph West
Nigel Yates (Labour Party) — Biddulph West
Christina Jebb (Liberal Democrats) — Brown Edge and Endon
Joe Porter (Conservative and Unionist) — Brown Edge and Endon
Keith Flunder (Conservative and Unionist) — Brown Edge and Endon
Paul Roberts (Conservative and Unionist) — Caverswall
Barbara Hughes (Conservative and Unionist) — Cellarhead
Pat Hughes (Conservative and Unionist) — Cellarhead
Liz Whitehouse (Labour Party) — Cheadle North East
Matthew Spooner (Labour Party) — Cheadle North East
Mike Haines (Labour Party) — Cheadle South East
Vicky Wheeldon (Labour Party) — Cheadle South East
Gary Bentley (Reform UK) — Cheadle West
Ian Plant (Independent / Other) — Cheadle West
Kate Mills (Independent / Other) — Cheadle West
Alan Hulme (Conservative and Unionist) — Checkley
Mark Deaville (Conservative and Unionist) — Checkley
Peter Wilkinson (Independent / Other) — Checkley
Dylan Pascall (Labour Party) — Cheddleton
Michael Worthington (Conservative and Unionist) — Cheddleton
Oliver Pointon (Conservative and Unionist) — Cheddleton
Elsie Fallows (Conservative and Unionist) — Churnet
James Aberley (Conservative and Unionist) — Churnet
Callum Beswick (Conservative and Unionist) — Dane
Ian Herdman (Conservative and Unionist) — Forsbrook
Marc Durose (Conservative and Unionist) — Forsbrook
Tony Holmes (Conservative and Unionist) — Forsbrook
Edwin Wain (Conservative and Unionist) — Hamps Valley
Jo Cox (Conservative and Unionist) — Horton
Linda Malyon (Independent / Other) — Ipstones
Crecy Boone (Labour Party) — Leek East
Darren Price (Labour Party) — Leek East
Gareth Taylor (Labour Party) — Leek East
Charlotte Atkins (Labour Party) — Leek North
Lyn Swindlehurst (Labour Party) — Leek North
Mark Johnson (Labour Party) — Leek North
Keith Hoptroff (Labour Party) — Leek South
Matt Swindlehurst (Labour Party) — Leek South
Mike Gledhill (Labour Party) — Leek South
Ben Emery (Conservative and Unionist) — Leek West
Bill Cawley (Labour Party) — Leek West
Philip Barks (Independent / Other) — Leek West
Jonathan Kempster (Green Party (E&W)) — Manifold
David Shaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Werrington
Ross Ward (Conservative and Unionist) — Werrington

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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