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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Pool Meadow Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7PB
Received 15 Apr 201912 Greenlands Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8DP
Received 15 Apr 201923 Hyde Lane Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6AE
Received 18 Apr 2019The Cat At Enville Limited The Cat Inn Bridgnorth Road Enville Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5HA
Received 18 Apr 2019Pendrell Cottage Wood Road Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QR
Received 19 Apr 2019Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford South Staffordshire
Received 19 Apr 20191 Hawks Close Cheslyn Hay Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 7LE
Received 19 Apr 201915 Birches Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2JF
Received 22 Apr 201923 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1JG
Received 23 Apr 2019Manor Farm High Street Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4NP
Received 23 Apr 2019The Cottage Badger Slade Lodge Broadhurst Green Road Pottal Pool Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4PS
Received 23 Apr 2019Lawnswood House Lawnswood Road Lawnswood Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5QJ
Received 24 Apr 2019Baggeridge Craft Village Gospel End DY3 4AA
Received 25 Apr 20193 Coppenhall Mews Coppenhall Stafford South Staffordshire ST18 9BA
Received 25 Apr 2019Laburnum Cottage Wood Road Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1QR
Received 17 Apr 2019Ashdown Top Road Acton Trussell Stafford South Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 26 Apr 201927 Quendale Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8JZ
Received 20 Apr 2019High Hopes Bun Lane Great Chatwell NEWPORT South Staffordshire TF10 9BN
Received 27 Apr 2019The Stables Old Landywood Lane Essington Staffordshire WV11 2AP
Received 26 Apr 2019Darelyn Mobile Homes Park Poplars Farm Way Coven South Staffordshire
Received 29 Apr 201985 Birches Road Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2JJ
Received 16 Apr 2019Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne South Staffordshire
Received 29 Apr 20192 Partridge Close Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4TN
Received 18 Apr 2019Kinvaston Hall Farm Water Eaton Lane Congreve STAFFORD South Staffordshire ST19 5QD
Received 30 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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