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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vine House Levedale Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AT
Received 25 Aug 2019Stoneleigh Gunstone Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EL
Received 27 Aug 2019Sandstones Comber Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EN
Received 29 Aug 20196 Woodman Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7ET
Received 4 Sept 2019Sunny Croft 2 Lawn Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AX
Received 30 Aug 20191 Edge Hill Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7SN
Received 5 Sept 20196 Queens Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EP
Received 6 Sept 2019Bluebell Barn 4 The Paddocks Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 6 Sept 2019Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 6 Sept 2019Field Access Track Off Bridgnorth Road Himley
Received 30 Aug 2019Orton View Cottage Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XA
Received 4 Sept 2019Church Farm Hawthorne Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NG
Received 29 Aug 2019Church Farm Hawthorne Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NG
Received 29 Aug 20197 County Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY8 2SB
Received 4 Sept 20194 Ivy Court Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0SN
Received 11 Sept 20191 Hawks Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LE
Received 12 Sept 2019Green Oaks Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 10 Sept 2019Beaufort House Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 6 Sept 201947 High Street Kinver DY7 6HE
Received 30 Aug 2019Jones Lane Great Wyrley
Received 2 Sept 2019Sunnyside Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 13 Sept 20195 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BU
Received 13 Sept 2019Land Warstones Hill Road Nurton
Received 9 Sept 2019Berwyn Mill Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EG
Received 9 Sept 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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