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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Duck Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HF
Received 21 May 2019Springhill Cottage 58 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 17 May 2019The Foxlands Fox Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EL
Received 22 May 201917 Cherrybrook Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EA
Received 22 May 201915 Shaws Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EG
Received 22 May 201946 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BT
Received 23 May 2019323 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DR
Received 24 May 20196 Lupin Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UR
Received 24 May 2019Grange Farm Levedale Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AT
Received 25 May 201935 Cherrybrook Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EA
Received 25 May 2019Smestow Bridge Industrial Estate Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AY
Received 25 May 20191 Chequers Avenue Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BE
Received 26 May 2019120 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JY
Received 27 May 201942 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 29 May 2019Four Crosses Inn Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1RX
Received 29 May 201991 Six Ashes Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EA
Received 29 May 2019Land East Of Red Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AN
Received 29 May 2019The Spread Eagle Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PN
Received 17 May 20192 School Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AG
Received 29 May 2019Swindon Cricket Club Cricket Ground Hinksford Lane Swindon KINGSWINFORD DY3 4NU
Received 20 May 2019Hordern Lodge Ball Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HD
Received 20 May 20194 Richards Court Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SP
Received 30 May 2019The White House Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 22 May 20199 Huntsmans Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BA
Received 30 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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