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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Johns Primary Academy Hobnock Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RF
Received 11 Oct 2019Beech Trees James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 16 Oct 2019Land Off Wergs Hall Road Codsall WV8 2HH
Received 14 Oct 201941 Birches Park Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DT
Received 15 Oct 2019Fair Haven Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath
Received 16 Oct 2019The Bentlands 38 Suckling Green Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BP
Received 16 Oct 201917 Croydon Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DW
Received 17 Oct 2019100 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XB
Received 18 Oct 2019Perton Orchard Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 26 Oct 20195 Woodcock Gardens Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TQ
Received 11 Oct 2019Golden Valley Take Away 24 Bull Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DA
Received 29 Oct 2019Forresters Lodge Stables Bridgnorth Road Stourton DY7 5BQ
Received 30 Oct 2019Green Oaks Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 18 Oct 2019Clovelly Pinfold Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AP
Received 16 Oct 201913 Hillcrest Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JQ
Received 30 Oct 20199 Meddins Close Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DB
Received 30 Oct 201922 Cranmoor Barns Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JN
Received 18 Oct 201925 Elmhurst Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5DX
Received 21 Oct 2019SAD Site 443 South Of Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook
Received 31 Oct 2019Waggon And Horses Public House Bridgnorth Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0AQ
Received 31 Oct 2019Baggeridge Brick Co Ltd Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AA
Received 31 Oct 201930 Shaws Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EQ
Received 31 Oct 201919 Sedgley Road Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5LD
Received 1 Nov 2019Longville Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 24 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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