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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Royals Farm Watling Street Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1SF
Received 12 Aug 2019Langley Hall Farm Market Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UJ
Received 14 Aug 2019Ounsdale High School Ounsdale Road Wombourne WV5 8BJ
Received 14 Aug 2019Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 8 Aug 2019Harvey Barn Westbeech Farm Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HF
Received 15 Aug 20191 Estridge Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EL
Received 15 Aug 2019Ivetsey Bank Cottage Watling Street Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9QT
Received 13 Aug 2019Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 15 Aug 2019Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 15 Aug 2019Baggeridge Brick Co Ltd Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AA
Received 16 Aug 2019Mitchells And Butlers Retail Limited Miller And Carter Penn Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NG
Received 16 Aug 201912 Foster Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EB
Received 26 Jul 2019Land Opposite Finchfield Cricket Club Trysull Road Trysull
Received 17 Aug 2019Park Gate Lock Teddesley Road Acton Trussell
Received 18 Aug 201946 Lingfield Drive Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LS
Received 18 Aug 2019Pool House Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 16 Aug 20199 Sanderling Close Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TJ
Received 13 Aug 2019Ruma Saya Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 20 Aug 2019Staffordshire County Council Brindley Heath Junior School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 20 Aug 20196 Alsop Crest Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0SJ
Received 20 Aug 2019The Woodhall Woodhall Farm Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 14 Aug 2019High Green Garage Limited 7 High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 20 Aug 2019Unit 3 Penkridge Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NZ
Received 20 Aug 2019Pine Ridge Mill Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EG
Received 8 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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