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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spar Stores School Road Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9NH
Received 3 Feb 201612 Southgate Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9JG
Received 3 Feb 2016Land Adjacent 18 Wergs Hall Road Codsall Staffordshire WV6 9DA
Received 3 Feb 2016Forest Of Mercia Hilton Green Hilton Lane Hilton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2BD
Received 3 Feb 2016Field 3 Park Lane Chillington Staffordshire
Received 23 Jan 2016Land On The South East Side Of Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green South Staffordshire DY7 5DP
Received 1 Feb 201630 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1JG
Received 5 Feb 2016Avondale Wolverhampton Road Middle Hill Staffordshire WV10 7LT
Received 5 Feb 2016Stourton Court Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5BQ
Received 4 Feb 2016Land East Of Red Lane Gospel End Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4AN
Received 1 Feb 2016The Hollies Farm Straight Mile Calf Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7DW
Received 2 Feb 201632 Beverston Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7UG
Received 2 Feb 2016Land Adjacent The Lodge Churns Hill Lane Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LY
Received 5 Feb 2016MOOG Aviation Wolverhampton Unit H Valiant Way Pendeford Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 5 Feb 201617 Ashleigh Crescent Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9PN
Received 2 Feb 2016Waste Transfer Station Botterham Lane Swindon South Staffordshire
Received 4 Feb 2016Land Adjacent The Paddocks Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood South Staffordshire
Received 6 Feb 20164 Fir Street Gospel End Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4AD
Received 6 Feb 20166 Birch Coppice Wombourne South Staffordshire WV5 8JY
Received 6 Feb 2016187 Cannock Road Westcroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 8QL
Received 6 Feb 2016Yew Tree Cottage School Road Trysull Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 7HR
Received 3 Feb 201618 Brindley Brae Kinver South Staffordshire DY7 6LR
Received 4 Feb 2016Fullmoor Lodge Micklewood Lane Hatherton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5SB
Received 5 Feb 2016Land Off Gravelly Way Four Ashes South Staffordshire
Received 4 Feb 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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