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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plough Inn School Road Trysull WV5 7HR
Received 1 Oct 20198 Baggeridge Close Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AJ
Received 2 Oct 2019Fieldfare School Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SD
Received 1 Oct 2019Eden Holme Pool House Road Wombourne WV5 8AZ
Received 2 Oct 2019Broncroft Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JA
Received 2 Oct 2019Stone House Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AN
Received 3 Oct 2019Meadow Bank Church Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BW
Received 3 Oct 2019100 Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 3 Oct 20199 Clover Dale Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UB
Received 3 Oct 201912 Foley Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EP
Received 3 Oct 2019The Old Gun Site Wolverhampton West Sub Station Langley Road Lower Penn
Received 24 Sept 201938 The Broadway Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HY
Received 17 Sept 201947 Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 27 Sept 20192 Prestwood Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AB
Received 4 Oct 2019The Poplars 33 Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AF
Received 27 Sept 20195 Cranbrook Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RY
Received 27 Sept 2019Hunters Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 5 Oct 2019Land To The Rear 69 High Street Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AD
Received 6 Oct 20198 Heron Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5UD
Received 25 Sept 2019SAD Site 283 North Of Bridgnorth Road Wombourne
Received 27 Sept 2019New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 27 Sept 2019Foley Fane Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AP
Received 26 Sept 201930 Wesley Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JY
Received 8 Oct 2019Bungalow At Huntington Farm Cocksparrow Lane Huntington WS12 4PB
Received 9 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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