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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.
6,159 approved · 787 refused · 322 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pound Piece School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 16 Jan 2020Saredon Farm House Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JD
Received 16 Jan 2020Plough Inn School Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HR
Received 16 Jan 2020The Lodge Bridgnorth Road Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5JF
Received 17 Jan 2020Briar Croft School Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AG
Received 17 Jan 2020Land On The East Side Of Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AE
Received 10 Jan 2020The Barn Cocksparrow Lane Huntington HUNTINGTON WS12 4PB
Received 15 Jan 2020Weatheroaks Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 8 Jan 202015 Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7HU
Received 17 Jan 20202 Ward Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BD
Received 17 Jan 202031 Manor House Park Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1ES
Received 13 Jan 2020Leasows Farm Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9QX
Received 13 Jan 2020Land At The Burgesses Kinver
Received 17 Jan 2020106 Hilton Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DT
Received 17 Jan 2020Land At The Burgesses Kinver
Received 17 Jan 20201 Alsop Crest Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0SJ
Received 14 Jan 2020Land To The Rear Of 63 Broadmeadow Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6EH
Received 18 Jan 20203 Verdon Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TQ
Received 17 Jan 202041 Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AD
Received 16 Jan 2020Grove Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 20 Dec 20197 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HG
Received 22 Jan 202030 Princes Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DJ
Received 24 Jan 2020Baggeridge House Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AA
Received 24 Jan 2020SAD Site 443 South Of Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook
Received 24 Jan 2020Records 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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