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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 The Broadway Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0HY
Received 25 Apr 201692 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TJ
Received 25 Apr 201644 Chapel Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2EJ
Received 25 Apr 2016Land At Upper Mitton Farm Wheaton Aston Road Mitton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5QW
Received 21 Apr 201682 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0AQ
Received 14 Apr 201612 Churchfield Close Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5DG
Received 26 Apr 2016Kinver Scout Training Camp The Compa Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HR
Received 26 Apr 2016A J Sellmans Funeral Directors Sellmans Clay Street Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AF
Received 20 Apr 2016Auraveda 41 High Street Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HF
Received 26 Apr 2016Church Hill House Church Hill The Compa Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HY
Received 22 Apr 2016Stourbridge Rugby Football Club Stourton Park Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6QZ
Received 27 Apr 2016359 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DP
Received 27 Apr 2016Walcroft Old Stafford Road Cross Green Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PL
Received 27 Apr 2016SI Group UK Ltd Gravelly Way Four Ashes Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7BT
Received 27 Apr 201622 Newport Street Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DT
Received 26 Apr 2016Land Adjacent The White Horse Mount Pleasant Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7AG
Received 26 Apr 201696 Hill Street Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2BS
Received 25 Apr 20168 School Road Himley Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4LG
Received 27 Apr 20163 Chantry Road New Wood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6SA
Received 26 Apr 2016Kays Butchers 53 High Street Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HE
Received 25 Apr 2016The Oaks Coppice Close Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7EZ
Received 28 Apr 2016Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge ST19 5NU
Received 28 Apr 2016Robinia Hunters Ride Lawnswood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5QN
Received 28 Apr 201618 Watling Street Churchbridge Cannock Staffordshire WS11 3JY
Received 27 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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