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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 South Staffordshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Oct 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of 8 Dark Lane Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6JB
Received 23 Dec 201523 Littlewood Road Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7EU
Received 23 Dec 2015The Sports Ground Mile Flat Greensforge South Staffordshire
Received 23 Dec 201523 Enville Road Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AB
Received 8 Dec 20151 Buttercup Close Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4UB
Received 28 Dec 201525 Wharwell Lane Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6EU
Received 29 Dec 201519 Shop Lane Oaken Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AX
Received 31 Dec 20154 Chamberlains Lane Penn Common Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5HS
Received 21 Dec 2015Bednall Head Farm Cannock Road Bednall Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0SG
Received 22 Dec 2015Yew Trees Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BH
Received 4 Jan 2016137 Enville Road Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6BN
Received 23 Dec 201551 Moatbrook Avenue Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1DJ
Received 22 Dec 20154 Forest Drive Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6DX
Received 4 Jan 2016Northbound Services Hilton Park Motorway Service Area Essington Nr Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AT
Received 21 Dec 2015Simply Fresh At Costcutters 7 Penkridge Retail Park Wolverhampton Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5NS
Received 5 Jan 2016Rangers Lodge Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire TF11 8NA
Received 5 Jan 201615 Leacroft Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5BU
Received 15 Dec 20155 Rennison Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HW
Received 3 Jan 2016Husphins Farm Barns Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 6 Jan 2016Greyhound Inn High Street Swindon South Staffordshire
Received 6 Jan 2016Wyre Hall Cannock Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 22 Dec 2015Room 2 First Floor Central Buildings High Street Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9DN
Received 18 Dec 2015Room 2 First Floor Central Buildings High Street Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9DN
Received 18 Dec 2015Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5NU
Received 7 Jan 2016Records 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 South Staffordshire 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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