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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 29 Apr 2019Fairview Paradise Lane Slade Heath South Staffordshire WV10 7NZ
Received 7 May 20194 Thistle Drive Huntington Cannock South Staffordshire WS12 4UQ
Received 7 May 201936 Norton Lane Great Wyrley Walsall Staffordshire WS6 6NT
Received 7 May 201914 Lindale Drive Wombourne Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV5 8DZ
Received 7 May 201986 Oaken Park Codsall Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 2BW
Received 29 Apr 2019Ivory Cottage Trevett House 29 High Street Wheaton Aston Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9NP
Received 3 May 20191 Chasepool Cottages The Holloway Swindon Dudley South Staffordshire DY3 4PA
Received 8 May 20191 Perton Court Cottages Pattingham Road Wightwick Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8DD
Received 3 May 201918 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard Shifnal South Staffordshire TF11 8QQ
Received 8 May 201923 Lime Tree Gardens Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1NR
Received 8 May 2019Priory House Church Lane Lapley Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 9JS
Received 8 May 2019Pine Tree Cottage Station Road Penkridge Stafford South Staffordshire ST19 5AN
Received 6 May 201915 Primrose Gardens Featherstone Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV10 7TZ
Received 8 May 2019234 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Walsall South Staffordshire WS6 6DL
Received 9 May 201949 Downie Road Bilbrook Wolverhampton South Staffordshire WV8 1JE
Received 9 May 2019Kinver Gardens Enville Road Kinver Stourbridge South Staffordshire DY7 5LT
Received 10 May 2019Land On The West Side Of Pendeford Hall Lane Pendeford South Staffordshire
Received 9 May 2019Beech House Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 11 May 20192 Mount Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7BP
Received 13 May 2019Chillington Hall Chillington Park Chillington WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RE
Received 14 May 2019Chillington Hall Chillington Park Chillington WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RE
Received 14 May 2019Briarcroft House 59 Sytch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LB
Received 9 May 2019Mere Oak Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 9 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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