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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6A Gravel Hill Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 9HA
Received 25 Jan 20161 Swan Lane Dunston Stafford South Staffordshire ST18 9AE
Received 26 Jan 2016Skylarks Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 26 Jan 2016Holloway Nurseries Windsor Holloway Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NS
Received 27 Jan 2016Nursery Farm Chillington Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QF
Received 27 Jan 2016Lower Lanes Farm Fox Road Seisdon Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HD
Received 28 Jan 2016Husphins Farm Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 28 Jan 2016108 Sneyd Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2DX
Received 28 Jan 201620 Lea Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6BZ
Received 28 Jan 20163 Oaken Lanes Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AQ
Received 29 Jan 2016Land Off Smestow Road Smestow South Staffordshire
Received 29 Jan 2016The Crowgreaves Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5NF
Received 1 Feb 201622 Manor House Park Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1ES
Received 29 Jan 2016Old Drury Corner Church Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EH
Received 25 Jan 201623 Broad Lane Springhill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2RG
Received 2 Feb 2016Oakview Cottage Ivy House Lane Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LW
Received 2 Feb 201671 Idonia Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7NQ
Received 27 Jan 2016Lakeside Medical Centre Church Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7PD
Received 2 Feb 2016Noverton Cottage Nurton Hill Road Pattingham Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7HQ
Received 2 Feb 2016The White Cottage The Green Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HW
Received 1 Feb 201621 Shop Lane Oaken Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2AX
Received 3 Feb 20161 Lane Green Shopping Parade Duck Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1JA
Received 3 Feb 2016Church Farm Church Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RR
Received 3 Feb 2016W & G Yates Limited Newtown Abattoir Stafford Road Newtown Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6AY
Received 28 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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