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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Brantley Lane Bobbington Staffordshire DY7 5DA
Received 17 Feb 20165 The Grange Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HX
Received 17 Feb 201636 St Johns Road Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2BY
Received 12 Feb 2016Little Orchard Greensforge Lane Stourbridge West Midlands DY7 5BD
Received 17 Feb 2016Stourbridge Rugby Football Club Stourton Park Bridgnorth Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6QZ
Received 12 Feb 2016Pool House Barn Old Stafford Road Slade Heath Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7PH
Received 12 Feb 2016Bilbrook Village Green Duck Lane Bilbrook South Staffordshire
Received 15 Feb 2016Units 1 And 2 Heath Mill Close Wombourne South Staffordshire
Received 16 Feb 201612 Lloyd Drive Lloyd Hill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5NJ
Received 17 Feb 201610 Belvide Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AN
Received 18 Feb 201652 Chalmers Road Gospel End Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4BJ
Received 18 Feb 2016Henry Squire & Sons Ltd 2 Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7QZ
Received 17 Feb 2016Castle Cottage Watling Street Gailey Staffordshire ST19 5PS
Received 18 Feb 2016Agricultural Building Off Whittington Hall Lane Kinver South Staffordshire
Received 18 Feb 2016Middle Hattons Farm The Old Cattle Shed Cartwright Lane Coven Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5BF
Received 17 Feb 2016Lawnswood Cottage Lawnswood Road Lawnswood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5QJ
Received 18 Feb 2016Langley Hall Langley Road Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4XU
Received 19 Feb 2016Langley Hall Langley Road Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XU
Received 19 Feb 2016Heath Farm Vicarage Road Calf Heath Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5PU
Received 20 Feb 2016Tudor House Norton Road Iverley Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY8 2RX
Received 18 Feb 2016Rangers Lodge Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8NA
Received 22 Feb 2016The Cottage Spring Greenhill Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0LD
Received 22 Feb 2016R J Bower Limited Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 23 Feb 2016100 Wombourne Park Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0LY
Received 23 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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