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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land On The East Side Of Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AE
Received 30 May 2019Codsall And Wergs Garden Centre Limited Codsall And Wergs Garden Centre Wergs Hall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HJ
Received 30 May 20192 Mount Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EP
Received 21 May 2019Land West Of School Lane Coven
Received 22 May 2019Brookside Farm Codsall Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 9QG
Received 23 May 20197 Pinfold Close Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9PF
Received 31 May 201940 Elms Lane Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JS
Received 31 May 201916 Thirlmere Drive Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2SB
Received 3 Jun 2019A J Sellman Limited 67 Station Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7EG
Received 3 Jun 2019Eden Holme Pool House Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AZ
Received 4 Jun 2019The Old Mitre Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 4 Jun 2019Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne South Staffordshire
Received 4 Jun 2019Fieldfare School Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SD
Received 4 Jun 2019Perton Orchard Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 4 Jun 201935 Stretton Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AL
Received 29 May 201944 Penleigh Gardens Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EJ
Received 29 May 2019124 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EA
Received 4 Jun 2019Willow Farm Hollies Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HJ
Received 5 Jun 2019The Dovecote Perton Court Mews Jenny Walkers Lane Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HB
Received 27 May 2019Royals Farm Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1SF
Received 30 May 201911 Woodhaven Wedges Mills CANNOCK WS11 1RE
Received 30 May 201926 Hyde Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AF
Received 31 May 2019The Ledene Golf Centre Woodhall Farm Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 29 May 2019Land On The East Side Of Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AE
Received 6 Jun 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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