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South Staffordshire Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Staffordshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
7,659Searchable applications
310Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,852 approved or refused records
777Refused applications

6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas19 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas15 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

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More application records

  1. Application approved with conditions16/00167/FUL

    Extensions and Alterations

    The Woodlands Strawmoor Lane Oaken Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2HY

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  2. Decided16/00011/COND

    Discharge of condition 3 of Listed Building Consent 16/00011/LBC

    Rangers Lodge Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire TF11 8NA

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  3. Decided15/00365/COND

    Business development involving a change of use and extensions to a detached dwelling to create national headquarters for a construction industry recruitment company

    Drayton Manor Farm Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST18 9AB

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  4. Application approved with conditions16/00170/FUL

    First-floor extension with two-storey side extension and detached garage

    Withintrees Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 5NF

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  5. Application approved with conditions16/00171/FUL

    Single Storey Side / Rear Extension

    29 Wolverhampton Road Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2BX

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  6. Application approved with conditions16/00172/OUT

    Re-development of the site to provide 2No. 3 bed dwellings and 2No. 2 bed dwellings

    Hollies Engineering Poplar Lane Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1RS

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  7. Application approved with conditions16/00162/FUL

    Proposed agricultural building

    Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PJ

    Received 23 Feb 2016
  8. Decided15/00582/COND

    Discharge of Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 11

    Bellhurst Farm Bell Hurst Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QS

    Received 25 Feb 2016
  9. Application approved with conditions16/00175/FUL

    Replacement detached garage

    101 Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PF

    Received 25 Feb 2016
  10. Application approved with conditions16/00168/FUL

    Proposed two storey extension over garage to provide two bedrooms

    116 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TJ

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  11. Decided15/00824/AMEND

    Demolition of existing concrete garages and the construction of 3 new 2b4p bungalows.

    Land And Garages On The North Side Of Willow Road Kinver South Staffordshire

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  12. Decided14/01026/COND4

    Discharge condition 4

    Riverside House Stanford Close Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DD

    Received 22 Feb 2016
  13. Application approved with conditions16/00176/FUL

    Equestrian development at Coppice Farm comprising a covered arena and car parking area.

    Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall South Staffordshire

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  14. Decided12/00510/COND2

    Discharge conditions 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20

    Land At Bursnips Road Essington South Staffordshire

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  15. Application approved with conditions16/00177/FUL

    Two-storey side and rear extension and new front gable

    61 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4TN

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  16. Application approved with conditions16/00178/FUL

    First floor side extension, ground floor side extension

    3 Pennycress Gardens Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TE

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  17. Application approved with conditions16/00169/FUL

    Proposed development to the rear of 19/20 Watling Street Churchbridge Cannock consisting of four two bedroom houses and associated works

    19 Watling Street Churchbridge Cannock Staffordshire WS11 3JY

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  18. Decided16/00173/LHSHLD

    Ground floor rear extension with pitched roof to match existing. Walls to be rendered and painted to match existing (length beyond original rear wall 8m, maximum height 4m, maximum eaves height 3m)

    Delphin House Watling Street Stretton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9LN

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  19. Decided16/00165/LHSHLD

    Conservatory (length beyond original rear wall 4m, maximum height 3m, maximum eaves height 2.10m)

    3 Thistle Drive Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4UQ

    Received 25 Feb 2016
  20. Decided14/00737/AMEND

    This proposal seeks to amend the double garage approved under planning permission 14/00737/FUL and replace the aforesaid garage with a single garage in a slightly alternative location within the curtilage of the application site

    50 Duck Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1HF

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  21. Application approved with conditions16/00174/FUL

    Raise roof to existing bungalow to form bedrooms on first floor with ensuite and bath room. Single storey rear and front extensions and side extension to form garage

    Homestead Top Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RQ

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  22. Application approved with conditions16/00179/LBC

    To replace existing windows with double glazed aluminium equivalent

    2 Church Cottages Church Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AW

    Received 24 Feb 2016
  23. Application approved with conditions16/00180/VAR

    To substitute the previously approved drawings for the submitted dwg no. TFM/PA/400B dated March 2016.

    Telford Farm Machinery TFM Farm And Country Superstone Stone Cross Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AS

    Received 1 Mar 2016
  24. Application approved with conditions16/00181/FUL

    Ground-floor extensions and alterations to existing residential property [...] to [increase] floor area of main living room and include an entrance porch

    Blackhills Cottage Bridgnorth Road Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4PU

    Received 28 Feb 2016

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What these statistics cover

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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