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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Ashley Cottages Four Ashes Road Somerford Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DQ
Received 7 Jan 2016The Beeches 70 Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 7 Jan 20166 Lockside Drive Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NQ
Received 4 Jan 2016Riverside House Stanford Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DD
Received 8 Jan 2016Pinetrees Beechlawn Drive Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5AD
Received 5 Jan 201677 Rookery Road Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0JQ
Received 6 Jan 201685 Haling Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DA
Received 11 Jan 2016Lodge Farm Lodge Lane Cheslyn Hay Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 0LT
Received 11 Jan 2016Land Off Cooks Bank Acton Trussell South Staffordshire
Received 11 Jan 2016The Greyhound Wombourne Road Swindon South Staffordshire
Received 30 Dec 20154 Hyde Mill Croft Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BP
Received 12 Jan 201616 Foster Crescent Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6EA
Received 12 Jan 2016Lanesend Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 7 Jan 2016Oak Stables Hatton Road Cannock Staffordshire WS11 1NN
Received 8 Jan 2016Pine Ridge Mill Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EG
Received 13 Jan 20161 Rose Cottages Penn Croft Lane Penn Common Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5JR
Received 11 Jan 201625 Hyperion Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6SD
Received 8 Jan 20164 Flemmynge Close Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 13 Jan 2016The Corner House 20 Old Weston Road Bishops Wood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9AG
Received 13 Jan 2016Whitegates Hyde Bank Coppenhall Staffordshire ST18 9DA
Received 14 Jan 2016193 Cannock Road Westcroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 8QL
Received 12 Jan 20162B Dirty Lane Brewood South Staffordshire
Received 13 Jan 2016Outdoor Creations Limited Hinksford Garden Centre Hinksford Lane Swindon Kingswinford South Staffordshire DY6 0BH
Received 15 Jan 2016The Wrottesley Arms Severn Drive Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7QU
Received 15 Jan 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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