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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wolverhampton West Sub Station Langley Road Lower Penn South Staffordshire
Received 18 Dec 2017Hazelbrook Industrial Estate Hazel Lane Great Wyrley WS6 6AA
Received 6 Jan 201812 Oakridge Drive Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7QZ
Received 16 Jan 2018Manor Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UH
Received 8 Feb 2018St Michaels And All Angels Church Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AW
Received 8 May 2018South Staffs Water Prestwood Pumping Station Greensforge Lane Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5BB
Received 23 May 2018Evans Ash Financial Services Sarum Market Street Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DH
Received 7 Aug 2018Little Brook House White Hill Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AS
Received 19 Oct 20181 Perton Court Cottages Pattingham Road Wightwick Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8DD
Received 26 Oct 2018PDM Produce (UK) Limited Agricultural Caravans Chadwell Park Farm Chatwell Lane Great Chatwell South Staffordshire
Received 4 Feb 201910 Burford Road Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9NT
Received 1 Apr 2019Fair View Hilton Road Featherstone Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7AQ
Received 1 Apr 2019Aqueduct House Watling Street Stretton Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9QX
Received 2 Apr 2019Tollhouse Way Wombourne South Staffordshire
Received 2 Apr 2019Pillaton Foods Ltd The Poultry Farm Cannock Road Penkridge South Staffordshire
Received 2 Apr 201921 Penderell Close Featherstone Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7BQ
Received 3 Apr 201916 Brindley Close Penkridge South Staffordshire ST19 5HX
Received 1 Apr 2019Land West Of School Lane Coven South Staffordshire
Received 1 Apr 201930 Lytham Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7YY
Received 4 Apr 201917 Keepers Lane Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2DP
Received 4 Apr 2019Ashley Down Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7JA
Received 4 Apr 20197 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 4 Apr 2019The Coppice Pattingham Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7AB
Received 4 Apr 2019Sliema Greenhill Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0LD
Received 5 Apr 2019Records 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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