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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Staffordshire Council Wyrley Essington Canal Strawberry Lane Great Wyrley South Staffordshire
Received 7 Apr 2016Spar Stores 30 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1JG
Received 11 Apr 2016Spar Stores 30 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1JG
Received 11 Apr 2016Perton Orchard Pattingham Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 12 Apr 2016The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5BF
Received 12 Apr 201631 Stafford Road Newtown Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6AX
Received 8 Apr 201666 Walsall Road Churchbridge Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 8JU
Received 13 Apr 2016The Royal British Legion High Street Kinver DY7 6ER
Received 13 Apr 20163 Manor Mews Saredon Road Little Saredon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7LJ
Received 11 Apr 2016Lodge Farm Chester Road Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8JJ
Received 11 Apr 2016Bednall Farm Common Lane Bednall Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0SF
Received 12 Apr 201622 Hyde Lane Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AF
Received 13 Apr 2016Heron House Gailey Lea Lane Gailey Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PT
Received 14 Apr 2016Ellerslie House Gailey Lea Lane Gailey Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PT
Received 14 Apr 2016All Saints C Of E Primary School School Lane Bednall Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0SD
Received 14 Apr 2016105 Hyperion Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6SJ
Received 14 Apr 201622 Hyde Lane Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AF
Received 13 Apr 2016Greenfields Dirty Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BX
Received 15 Apr 2016402 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DW
Received 13 Apr 2016Brookdale Chillington Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QF
Received 14 Apr 2016Balti Hut 135 Common Road Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0LP
Received 15 Apr 20162 Highfield Close Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RR
Received 16 Apr 2016Hill Top Farm Wood Lane Great Saredon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7LL
Received 14 Apr 201693A Tinkers Lane Brewood South Staffordshire ST19 9DD
Received 15 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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