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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Woodlands Strawmoor Lane Oaken Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2HY
Received 24 Feb 2016Rangers Lodge Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire TF11 8NA
Received 24 Feb 2016Drayton Manor Farm Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST18 9AB
Received 24 Feb 2016Withintrees Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5NF
Received 24 Feb 201629 Wolverhampton Road Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2BX
Received 24 Feb 2016Hollies Engineering Poplar Lane Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1RS
Received 24 Feb 2016Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PJ
Received 23 Feb 2016Bellhurst Farm Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QS
Received 25 Feb 2016101 Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PF
Received 25 Feb 2016116 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TJ
Received 24 Feb 2016Land And Garages On The North Side Of Willow Road Kinver South Staffordshire
Received 24 Feb 2016Riverside House Stanford Close Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DD
Received 22 Feb 2016Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall South Staffordshire
Received 26 Feb 2016Land At Bursnips Road Essington South Staffordshire
Received 26 Feb 201661 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TN
Received 26 Feb 20163 Pennycress Gardens Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TE
Received 26 Feb 201619 Watling Street Churchbridge Cannock Staffordshire WS11 3JY
Received 24 Feb 2016Delphin House Watling Street Stretton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LN
Received 24 Feb 20163 Thistle Drive Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4UQ
Received 25 Feb 201650 Duck Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1HF
Received 26 Feb 2016Homestead Top Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 26 Feb 20162 Church Cottages Church Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AW
Received 24 Feb 2016Telford Farm Machinery TFM Farm And Country Superstone Stone Cross Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AS
Received 1 Mar 2016Blackhills Cottage Bridgnorth Road Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4PU
Received 28 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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