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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hutchison 3G Uk Limited Communication Station 1 Great Saredon Farm Saredon Lane Great Saredon
Received 30 Apr 2019Birches Farm Bridgnorth Road Shipley Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7EH
Received 30 Apr 201984 Brownshore Lane Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AG
Received 24 Apr 2019Land At Cat And Kittens Lane Slade Heath South Staffordshire
Received 23 Apr 2019Whittington Green Lodge Kidderminster Road Whittington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6NZ
Received 16 Apr 2019Land Between Doveleys Farm And Hargeddon House Sandy Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RW
Received 30 Apr 2019Lyne Hill House Lyne Hill Lane Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5NT
Received 24 Apr 2019Manor Farm High Street Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4NP
Received 24 Apr 2019Alder Farm Six Ashes Road Bobbington Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5BX
Received 1 May 2019Orton Grange Stables Orton Grange Farm Orton Lane Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV4 4XA
Received 1 May 201918 Blakeley Heath Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 0HW
Received 1 May 201912 Stafford Street Brewood Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9DX
Received 2 May 20192 The Shales Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8JB
Received 24 Apr 2019173 Cannock Road Westcroft Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 8QL
Received 30 Apr 20191 Preston Hill Cottages Preston Vale Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5RA
Received 29 Apr 201921D Bilbrook Road Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1EU
Received 3 May 201911 Forest Avenue Essington Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV11 2AJ
Received 3 May 2019111 Hyperion Road Stourton Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 6SJ
Received 3 May 2019Unit 6 Sprint Industrial Estate Station Road Four Ashes Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7DA
Received 3 May 20198 Croydon Drive Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5DW
Received 1 May 2019Church Farm Church Lane Hatherton Cannock South Staffordshire WS11 1RR
Received 26 Apr 2019MOOG Aviation Wolverhampton Unit H Valiant Way Pendeford Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 4 May 2019The Littleton Arms Stafford Road Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4PD
Received 4 May 201961 Idonia Road Perton Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV6 7NQ
Received 6 May 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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