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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pearce Hay Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AA
Received 17 Jul 2019Far Park Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 17 Jul 2019Land Off Cooks Bank Acton Trussell
Received 18 Jul 2019The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 19 Jul 2019Springview Manor Warstones Hill Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HH
Received 20 Jul 201921 Heath House Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EZ
Received 22 Jul 201959 Springhill Park Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TR
Received 23 Jul 2019Stourton Farm Greensforge Lane Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BD
Received 8 Jul 2019Essington Hall Farm Bognop Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AZ
Received 24 Jul 2019The Rectory Vicarage Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HJ
Received 6 Jul 2019Weston Park Foundation Weston Hall Weston Park Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8LE
Received 12 Jul 2019Land At Salters Meadow New Horse Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 25 Jul 2019Robinia Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AN
Received 26 Jul 2019The Old School House Barn End Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RN
Received 28 Jul 2019The Old School House Barn End Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RN
Received 28 Jul 201964 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AN
Received 29 Jul 2019Assolas Stoney Lane Dunston Heath STAFFORD ST18 9AQ
Received 13 Jul 20199 Wolverhampton Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AF
Received 16 Jul 2019Swindon Marina High Street Swindon
Received 30 Jul 2019Hilton Green Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BD
Received 18 Jul 2019The Hawthorns High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 19 Jul 201939 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 20 Jul 2019Beech House Farm Beech House Lane Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EP
Received 31 Jul 2019The Barn Cocksparrow Lane Huntington HUNTINGTON WS12 4PB
Received 22 Jul 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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