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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunnydale Dark Lane Cross Green Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 15 Jan 2016High House Poplar Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RS
Received 12 Jan 2016Evergreen Greensforge Lane Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5BB
Received 8 Jan 20165 Hinksford Park Swindon Road Hinksford Kingswinford South Staffordshire DY6 0BG
Received 12 Jan 2016The Haven Manor Lane Bobbington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5EG
Received 13 Jan 2016Pool House Barn Old Stafford Road Slade Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PH
Received 12 Jan 20161 Giffards Cottages Wood Road Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QR
Received 11 Jan 201630 Springhill Park Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TR
Received 18 Jan 201697 Forge Close Churchbridge Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 8LE
Received 17 Jan 2016New Kartar Farm New Road Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4PP
Received 17 Jan 20164 Wharwell Lane Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6ET
Received 14 Jan 20163 Newport Croft Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DU
Received 18 Jan 2016Yew Tree Cottage Watling Street Stretton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LL
Received 12 Jan 2016Blakelands Country Guest House And Restaurant Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5DP
Received 19 Jan 2016Oakley House Country Club Limited Oakley House Country Club Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9BH
Received 19 Jan 201629 Sutherland Grove Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7PA
Received 19 Jan 2016Graze Brook Top Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 19 Jan 2016Seisdon Stores Crockington Lane Seisdon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7EJ
Received 14 Jan 20161 - 3 Hunters Court Park Lane Lapley Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9JT
Received 20 Jan 2016578 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6AG
Received 20 Jan 2016The Bothy Patshull Park Burnhill Green Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7HY
Received 20 Jan 2016The Bothy Patshull Park Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV6 7HY
Received 20 Jan 2016Lodge Farm Lodge Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS11 0LT
Received 21 Jan 2016Lodge Farm Lodge Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS11 0LT
Received 21 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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