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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lot 3A Husphins Lane Codsall Wood South Staffordshire
Received 10 May 20165 Forge Leys Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8JX
Received 13 May 20161 Larch Close Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6JN
Received 12 May 2016The Park Cross Street Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7DT
Received 12 May 20163 Hampton Court Westcroft South Staffordshire WV10 8QZ
Received 14 May 20161 Larch Close Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6JN
Received 13 May 2016Adjacent To 18 Greenacres Sedgley Dudley West Midlands DY3 3PX
Received 3 May 20161 The Old Rectory Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8QG
Received 5 May 2016Diamond Cottage Stoney Lane Dunston Heath Stafford South Staffordshire ST18 9AQ
Received 16 May 2016Kingswood Colliery Watling Street Great Wyrley Cannock Staffordshire WS11 3JY
Received 13 May 2016Radway Cottage Greensforge Lane Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5AY
Received 17 May 2016Land Adjacent Hall End Farm Hall End Lane Pattingham Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7BN
Received 17 May 2016The Old Barn Stourbridge Road Himley Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0JN
Received 18 May 2016Land On The East Side Of Walsall Road Great Wyrley South Staffordshire
Received 18 May 2016Holland House Lawnswood Road Lawnswood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5AW
Received 19 May 201620 Bargate Street Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BB
Received 19 May 2016The Limes St Michaels Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshrie ST19 5AH
Received 19 May 201633 Love Lane Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6NN
Received 19 May 2016Rosegarth Radford Lane Castlecroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV3 8JT
Received 20 May 2016Rose View Goods Station Lane Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AU
Received 20 May 2016MOOG Aviation Wolverhampton Unit H Valiant Way Pendeford Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 20 May 201656 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 21 May 20167 Moore Close Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0QZ
Received 20 May 2016Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge South Staffordshire
Received 23 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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