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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Tree Nurseries Pendeford Hall Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5ET
Received 27 Apr 2016Newholme Ivy House Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LW
Received 28 Apr 2016Blackladies Farm Kiddemore Green Road Brewood ST19 9BQ
Received 28 Apr 201697 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6LD
Received 26 Apr 2016Keepers Cottage New Landywood Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AW
Received 28 Apr 2016270 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DN
Received 27 Apr 201658 Princes Gardens Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2DH
Received 29 Apr 2016Pearce Hay Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AA
Received 29 Apr 2016Pearce Hay Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AA
Received 29 Apr 2016South Staffordshire Sailing Club Gailey Lea Lane Gailey Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PT
Received 29 Apr 2016Heathfield Heath House Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2DD
Received 30 Apr 201636A Brownshore Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AL
Received 30 Apr 2016Nursery Farm Cottage Chillington Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QF
Received 3 May 201616 Naseby Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7SL
Received 3 May 201619 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8QQ
Received 3 May 2016Chattel Lodge Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7HE
Received 3 May 2016Shareshill Service Station Cannock Road Shareshill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7LZ
Received 3 May 2016Manor Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UH
Received 29 Mar 2016Moatbrook House Moatbrook Lane Codsall South Staffordshire WV8 1DS
Received 4 May 2016Weston Park Foundation Weston Hall Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8LE
Received 4 May 2016Birches Bridge Garage Wolverhampton Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1PF
Received 5 May 2016The New Hollies Limited Hollies Truck Stop Watling Street Four Crosses Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1SB
Received 5 May 201641 Sytch Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0JP
Received 5 May 20164 Oak Drive Seisdon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7ET
Received 5 May 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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