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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chesterton Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AN
Received 9 Oct 2019Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge ST19 5RE
Received 9 Oct 201924 Thistle Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UQ
Received 9 Oct 2019Belmont Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AX
Received 10 Oct 20197 Hatch Heath Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DR
Received 10 Oct 2019Pool Hall Fishery Bridgnorth Road Trescott WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XN
Received 10 Oct 2019The Paddocks Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 10 Oct 2019Inglenook Langley Road Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XX
Received 11 Oct 2019The House On The Hill 21 Compton Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DL
Received 29 Sept 2019SAD Site 283 North Of Bridgnorth Road Wombourne
Received 10 Oct 2019Gatherwynd Barn Brockton Grange Great Chatwell Newport NEWPORT TF11 8NN
Received 30 Sept 2019Gatherwynd Barn Brockton Grange Great Chatwell Newport NEWPORT TF11 8NN
Received 30 Sept 201944 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 30 Sept 2019Land On The East Side Of Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AE
Received 12 Oct 201975 Saxon Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EP
Received 13 Oct 2019Arvon Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JA
Received 14 Oct 20198 Ashley Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1AX
Received 14 Oct 2019Plough Inn School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 1 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To 15 Lime Tree Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1NX
Received 14 Oct 2019The Old School School Lane Blymhill SHIFNAL TF11 8LJ
Received 15 Oct 2019Beauchamp House Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AF
Received 3 Oct 20194 Hazelwood Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HE
Received 15 Oct 2019The Paddocks Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 15 Oct 20193 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EJ
Received 15 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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