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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of School Lane Coven
Received 10 Sept 201914 East Road Brinsford WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NP
Received 11 Sept 2019Sandy Lodge 17 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 10 Sept 2019Land South West South Cannock Farm Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley
Received 13 Sept 201988 Gospel End Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AN
Received 14 Sept 201921 Brook Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7ES
Received 14 Sept 2019Far Park Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 11 Sept 201924 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 16 Sept 20198 Woodstock Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TB
Received 17 Sept 2019Land Off Sandy Lane Hatherton
Received 9 Sept 2019Land At Stafford Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AX
Received 17 Sept 20191 Fairview Cottages Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 17 Sept 2019Cross Green Farm Kennels Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 13 Sept 2019Land Rear Of Hordern Lodge Ball Lane Coven Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HD
Received 12 Sept 20193 Forest Avenue Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AJ
Received 18 Sept 2019Bridge Farm Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PR
Received 18 Sept 2019Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 18 Sept 20197 Wood Hayes Croft Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8PP
Received 16 Sept 2019Trees Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 19 Sept 2019The Field House New Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7ND
Received 16 Sept 2019InstaVolt Limited Penkridge Retail Park Wolverhampton Road Penkridge
Received 20 Sept 2019Port Lane Cottage Port Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BH
Received 20 Sept 2019Plough Inn School Road Trysull WV5 7HR
Received 21 Sept 201930 The Nurseries Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BZ
Received 23 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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