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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Stoneybrook Leys Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8JE
Received 5 Apr 201612 Himley Lane Himley Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4LN
Received 5 Apr 2016Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge South Staffordshire
Received 7 Apr 2016Pillaton Nurseries Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RZ
Received 7 Apr 20162 South View Close Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2JD
Received 5 Apr 2016Elm House Bridgnorth Road Enville Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5HA
Received 5 Apr 20165 Flemmynge Close Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 5 Apr 201611 Idonia Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7NQ
Received 8 Apr 201610A School Lane Shareshill Wolverhampton Staffordshire WV10 7LE
Received 8 Apr 2016Greggs 18 Station Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 8 Apr 2016Greggs 18 Station Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 8 Apr 2016Land At Gospel Ash Road Bobbington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5EE
Received 8 Apr 201610 Littlewood Road Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7EU
Received 8 Apr 20168 Cranbrook Grove Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7RY
Received 6 Apr 2016Meadow View Joyces Lane Bednall Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0SQ
Received 6 Apr 201610 Swan Close Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7LF
Received 8 Apr 2016Aspley Farm Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WV10 7PZ
Received 9 Apr 201659 Church View Gardens Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6EE
Received 9 Apr 2016The Bungalow Huntington Farm Cocksparrow Lane Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4PB
Received 9 Apr 2016The Bungalow Huntington Farm Cocksparrow Lane Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4PB
Received 9 Apr 2016524 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6HX
Received 11 Apr 2016Whittington Inn Kidderminster Road Whittington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NY
Received 8 Apr 2016Whittington Inn Kidderminster Road Whittington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NY
Received 8 Apr 201685 Brooklands Avenue Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6LF
Received 11 Apr 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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