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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Cranmoor Lodge Farm Wrottesley Park Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2HS
Received 15 Mar 20161A Greenfield Buildings School Road Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9EJ
Received 15 Mar 2016252 Cannock Road Westcroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 8QG
Received 11 Mar 2016Unit E1 Innovation Drive Pendeford Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5GA
Received 16 Mar 201615 Birches Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2JF
Received 14 Mar 2016285 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DR
Received 14 Mar 2016Cross Green Farm Dark Lane Cross Green Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 14 Mar 2016Whiston Mill Whiston Road Whiston Staffordshire ST19 5QQ
Received 17 Mar 2016Whiston Mill Whiston Road Whiston Staffordshire ST19 5QQ
Received 17 Mar 20161 High Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AB
Received 17 Mar 20162 Wheelfield Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PN
Received 17 Mar 201645 Elliotts Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1PG
Received 17 Mar 201631 Moatbrook Avenue Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1DJ
Received 16 Mar 20162B Landywood Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6JX
Received 18 Mar 2016Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge South Staffordshire
Received 18 Mar 2016Scout Hall Brownshore Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AE
Received 16 Mar 201610 Fairfield Drive Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AB
Received 19 Mar 2016Riverside House Stanford Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DD
Received 19 Mar 2016Horsebrook Manor Horsebrook Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LP
Received 18 Mar 2016Agricultural Building Crab Lane Bobbington South Staffordshire
Received 17 Mar 2016Oaken Lawn Cottage Oaken Lawn Kingswood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV7 3AL
Received 22 Mar 20161 King Cup Drive Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4WB
Received 21 Mar 201612 Bridgeman Court Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8QH
Received 21 Mar 2016Kinfare Wolverhampton Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DR
Received 18 Mar 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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