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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Briar Croft School Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AG
Received 23 Sept 201912A Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PP
Received 20 Sept 201925 Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 23 Sept 2019124 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 18 Sept 201911 Lower Lanes Meadow Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HH
Received 24 Sept 20193 Lockside Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6NQ
Received 24 Sept 2019Land At Beggars Bush Lane Wombourne
Received 26 Sept 2019Mitre Farm Cottage Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 26 Sept 2019The Foxlands Fox Road Shipley WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EL
Received 26 Sept 201940 Dickinson Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0NH
Received 24 Sept 201945 Broadway Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EL
Received 24 Sept 2019Kings Barn Bickford Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 26 Sept 2019Perton Park Golf Club Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HL
Received 25 Sept 2019Old Pigsty Sandy Lane Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AF
Received 26 Sept 2019Orange PCS Limited Communication Station Rudge Road Pattingham
Received 26 Sept 20197 The Old Rectory Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QG
Received 27 Sept 201917 Heath House Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EZ
Received 27 Sept 201950 Duck Lane Bilbrook WV8 1HF
Received 27 Sept 20197 Kingsley Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AJ
Received 28 Sept 201960A Stone Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DY
Received 28 Sept 201924 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RW
Received 27 Sept 20196 Cowley Close Penkridge PENKRIDGE ST19 5SX
Received 30 Sept 201933 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 29 Sept 2019South Staffordshire Council Council Offices Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PX
Received 1 Oct 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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