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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Fairfield Drive Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AE
Received 15 Apr 201621 Fairfield Drive Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AE
Received 19 Apr 2016Ground Floor 16 Sandy Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9ET
Received 19 Apr 20163 Church Cottages Church Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AW
Received 19 Apr 201619 Planks Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HQ
Received 19 Apr 2016Tesco Stores 13 - 15 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EU
Received 19 Apr 2016Marlbrook House Marlbrook Lane Pattingham Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7BS
Received 19 Apr 2016Land Adjoining Corner Of Lapley Lane And Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston South Staffordshire
Received 18 Apr 2016Palma Lodge Mill Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EG
Received 20 Apr 201657 Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6RS
Received 20 Apr 2016Ballfields Lodge Patshull Road Pattingham Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7DU
Received 21 Apr 20162A Long Lane Newtown Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6AU
Received 21 Apr 201617 Edge View Walk Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AX
Received 20 Apr 20164 Priors Place Lapley South Staffordshire ST19 9JH
Received 20 Apr 201687 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EP
Received 22 Apr 2016Longridge Cottage Levedale Road Longridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 22 Apr 2016White Cottage Pendeford Hall Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5BD
Received 20 Apr 201625 St Chads Close Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DA
Received 20 Apr 2016Tudor House Great Moor Road Pattingham Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7AU
Received 20 Apr 2016Corner Cottage Sandy Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RW
Received 22 Apr 2016Wenlock House Stretton Road Lapley Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9QQ
Received 22 Apr 20168 Compton Road Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6DN
Received 22 Apr 201612 Heath Farm Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1HT
Received 23 Apr 20168 Sunridge Avenue Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HF
Received 24 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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