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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Barn Cocksparrow Lane Huntington HUNTINGTON WS12 4PB
Received 22 Jul 20192 Brantley Crescent Bobbington DY7 5DB
Received 1 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To 20 Pineways Wordsley Stourbridge DY8 5JH
Received 24 Jul 2019Dunston Business Village Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 24 Jul 201946 Cannock Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AE
Received 24 Jul 2019The Bungalow Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton WOLVERHAMPTON West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 25 Jul 2019The Motoryard Prestwood Drive Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QT
Received 25 Jul 2019Wheslynn Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 25 Jul 20195 Mayfield Avenue Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AG
Received 25 Jul 201942 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 2 Aug 201928 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BY
Received 26 Jul 20196 Norton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PE
Received 26 Jul 201928 Billy Buns Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BP
Received 30 Jul 2019Lapley Manor Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JS
Received 26 Jul 2019Lapley Manor Church Lane Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JS
Received 26 Jul 2019Land Adjacent 2 Aspley Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 31 Jul 20194 Danes Close Essington ESSINGTON WV11 2TQ
Received 1 Aug 2019Kinver Constitutional Club 119 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 1 Aug 2019Land To The North East Of Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 3 Aug 2019Bethany 6 Orchard Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LL
Received 29 Jul 2019Land East Of Six Ashes Inn Six Ashes Road Six Ashes
Received 6 Aug 2019Severn Trent Water Land To The West Of Nurton Hill Road Pattingham
Received 6 Aug 2019Land Adjacent Leighton Pool Chillington Lane Codsall Wood
Received 6 Aug 20196 Browns Lake Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HR
Received 6 Aug 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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