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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Old Hall Cottages Watling Street Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9QT
Received 8 May 2019Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 15 May 2019Bednall Hall Farm Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 15 May 2019Edgecliffe House Foley Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EP
Received 15 May 2019Leigh House Farm Bridgnorth Road Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5LB
Received 16 May 2019Leigh House Farm Bridgnorth Road Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5LB
Received 16 May 2019Ivetsey Bank Cottage Watling Street Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9QT
Received 15 May 2019SAD Site 119 Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 7 May 2019Four Ashes Enterprise Centre Latherford Close Four Ashes WV10 7BY
Received 16 May 2019Four Ashes Enterprise Centre Latherford Close Four Ashes WV10 7BY
Received 16 May 2019Mill House Mill Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NL
Received 16 May 2019The Field House New Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7ND
Received 15 May 20195 Chestnut Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JF
Received 15 May 20191 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 17 May 2019Former Lloyds TSB Bank 9 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BX
Received 17 May 2019Range Farm Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1SG
Received 17 May 2019110 Station Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EN
Received 18 May 201914 Stone Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EG
Received 18 May 2019Hillcrest Tong Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AB
Received 18 May 201918 North Crescent Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AY
Received 18 May 20191 Dark Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6JA
Received 16 May 20194 Wheelfield Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PN
Received 20 May 2019Severn Trent Water Land To The West Of Nurton Hill Road Pattingham
Received 20 May 2019Tree Adjacent New Garden Restaurant Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DH
Received 16 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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