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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Pool Meadow Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7PB
Received 23 May 2016Lyne Hill Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge South Staffordshire
Received 24 May 2016Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 23 May 2016Blue Jay Way Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5QW
Received 25 May 2016Chartley Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QS
Received 20 May 2016Kays Butchers 53 High Street Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6HE
Received 23 May 201624 Turnpike Way Coven South Staffordshire WV9 5HY
Received 23 May 2016The Bungalow School Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5AN
Received 23 May 2016White Farm Vicarage Road Calf Heath Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PU
Received 24 May 2016The Portacabin White Farm Vicarage Road Calf Heath Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PU
Received 24 May 201629 Holloway Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0PA
Received 23 May 2016173 Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6RY
Received 25 May 2016Codsall Middle School Wolverhampton Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1PB
Received 25 May 2016The Old School House Barn End Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RN
Received 26 May 201622 Bargate Street Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BB
Received 26 May 201614 Ashleigh Crescent Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9PN
Received 26 May 201615 Cedar Gardens Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6BW
Received 20 May 2016Ovens End Bell Road Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7JB
Received 26 May 2016Seisdon Stores Crockington Lane Seisdon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7EJ
Received 23 May 2016Straight Mile Cottage Straight Mile Calf Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7DW
Received 25 May 2016Newholme Ivy House Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LW
Received 26 May 2016Courteney House Feiashill Road Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 27 May 2016Tower View Flat Shops Common Parts Tower View Road Great Wyrley South Staffordshire
Received 27 May 2016Land On The South East Side Of Hobnock Road Essington South Staffordshire
Received 28 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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