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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Long Street Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9NF
Received 22 Mar 2016The New Cottages Pattingham Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 23 Mar 2016Kinver Parish Council Comber Ridge Burial Ground Church Hill The Compa Kinver South Staffordshire
Received 21 Mar 201635 Rosemary Road Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7DY
Received 21 Mar 20166 Lytham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7YY
Received 24 Mar 20165 Speedwell Gardens Featherstone Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7TU
Received 24 Mar 2016Amo's Convenience Store 10 Stafford Road Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4NQ
Received 22 Mar 2016The Grain Store 2A Clan Park Farm Feiashill Road Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 22 Mar 201655 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 24 Mar 2016Uplands Farm Bun Lane Great Chatwell Shifnal South Staffordshire TF10 9BN
Received 24 Mar 2016Uplands Farm Bun Lane Great Chatwell Shifnal South Staffordshire TF10 9BN
Received 24 Mar 20166 Wolverhampton Road Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2DB
Received 24 Mar 20162 The Maltings Walk Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HY
Received 24 Mar 2016The Old Farmhouse The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5BF
Received 24 Mar 2016Uplands Farm Bun Lane Great Chatwell Shifnal South Staffordshire TF10 9BN
Received 24 Mar 2016The Armoury 17 High Street Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HG
Received 30 Mar 2016The Armoury 17 High Street Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HG
Received 30 Mar 201646 Brooklands Avenue Great Wyrley WS6 6LG
Received 30 Mar 201618 Princes Gardens Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2DH
Received 24 Mar 2016Invicta Farm Sandy Lane Bishops Wood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9AF
Received 30 Mar 2016Greenleaves Sandy Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RW
Received 29 Mar 201628 Bumblehole Meadows Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8BG
Received 11 Mar 2016Hillcrest Histons Hill Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2EY
Received 29 Mar 2016192 Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6SE
Received 24 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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