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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Wolverhampton WV6 8TX
Received 6 Aug 201960 Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 7 Aug 2019Far Park Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 7 Aug 2019Apple Tree Cottage Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 8 Aug 2019Upper Westbeech Farm Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WV6 7HG
Received 8 Aug 201929 North Crescent Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AY
Received 8 Aug 2019Prestwood House Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AN
Received 26 Jul 2019Ashley Down Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JA
Received 7 Aug 201939 Dickinson Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0NH
Received 9 Aug 2019Duo Cottage 64 Blymhill Road Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LS
Received 9 Aug 201918 Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AQ
Received 9 Aug 2019The Glens Sugarloaf Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY10 3PB
Received 1 Aug 2019Bednall Villa Teddesley Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SA
Received 12 Aug 2019Brinsford Farm Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PR
Received 2 Aug 2019Brinsford Farm Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PR
Received 2 Aug 201948 Queens Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DT
Received 12 Aug 20193 Cedar Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BW
Received 8 Aug 2019Lodge Farm Lodge Lane Cheslyn Hay CANNOCK WS11 0LT
Received 13 Aug 2019Ye Olde White Harte 111 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 13 Aug 2019St Benedict Biscop Primary School School Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DZ
Received 13 Aug 2019Golden Future Stables Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7EY
Received 13 Aug 201949 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 8 Aug 2019Upper Westbeech Farm Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 8 Aug 2019Langley Hall Farm Market Lane Lower Penn WV4 4UJ
Received 14 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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