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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2BT
Received 5 May 201659 Showell Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TZ
Received 5 May 2016The Stables Old Landywood Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AP
Received 5 May 2016Eden Holme Pool House Road Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8AZ
Received 6 May 2016The Bungalow Windsor Holloway Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NS
Received 5 May 2016Land Opposite Finchfield Cricket Club Trysull Road Trysull South Staffordshire
Received 4 May 2016279 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DR
Received 6 May 20164 Flemmynge Close Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 9 May 2016Yew Tree Cottage Bent Lane Whiston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5QH
Received 10 May 2016Primrose Cottage Old Stafford Road Slade Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PJ
Received 10 May 20164 Maypole Street Wombourne Wolverhampton Staffordshire WV5 9JB
Received 10 May 2016Holly Ridge Greensforge Lane Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5AX
Received 9 May 201690 Bellbrook Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DL
Received 10 May 2016Rose Cottage Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BH
Received 11 May 2016Land Off Midland Road Huntington South Staffordshire
Received 6 May 2016Huntington Recreation Ground Stafford Road Huntington South Staffordshire WS12 4PD
Received 12 May 2016One Stop Stores Ltd 13 - 15 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EU
Received 12 May 2016Barn Adjacent Yew Tree Villa Newport Road Kingswood South Staffordshire
Received 12 May 2016Land Adjacent 17 Kingswood Park Homes Holyhead Road Kingswood South Staffordshire WV7 3AP
Received 12 May 2016The Paddock At Anvil Park Bursnips Road Essington South Staffordshire
Received 13 May 2016174 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6NQ
Received 13 May 2016Durham House 73 Station Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1BZ
Received 13 May 2016Weston House Old Weston Road Bishops Wood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9AG
Received 9 May 2016We Got Beef The Square Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1PT
Received 9 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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