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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Oak House Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green Dudley South Staffordshire DY7 5EJ
Received 24 Mar 2016The Oak House Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green Dudley South Staffordshire DY7 5EJ
Received 24 Mar 2016International Security Printers Unit G3 Valiant Way Pendeford Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 1 Apr 2016Courteney House Feiashill Road Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 29 Mar 20166 Cheslyn Drive Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7DU
Received 31 Mar 201612 Cedar Grove Bilbrook Codsall South Staffordshire WV8 1NS
Received 2 Apr 2016Wolverhampton Rugby Football Club Castlecroft Road Castlecroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV3 8NA
Received 4 Apr 201618 Uplands Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0HX
Received 29 Mar 2016154 Birches Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2JP
Received 5 Apr 201612 Hempits Grove Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0SL
Received 29 Mar 2016R J Bower Limited Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 1 Apr 2016Ivy House Farm Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7HX
Received 1 Apr 201618 Glendale Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0HD
Received 31 Mar 2016359 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DP
Received 1 Apr 2016The Ridges Coven Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DF
Received 1 Apr 20164 Wicket Lane Prestwood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5PD
Received 4 Apr 201618 Wolgarston Way Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5EN
Received 6 Apr 2016Blakeley Pool Farm Fox Road Shipley Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7EL
Received 4 Apr 201612 Green Meadow Close Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8JN
Received 4 Apr 201667 Princes Gardens Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2DL
Received 1 Apr 2016270 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DN
Received 4 Apr 20169 Elms Lane Shareshill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7JS
Received 6 Apr 2016Acorn Farm Buildings Acton Hill Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RY
Received 1 Apr 20165 Oaken Lanes Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AQ
Received 29 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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