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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.
6,198 approved · 790 refused · 323 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
56 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DN
Received 14 Jan 2020Gailey Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PT
Received 29 Jan 2020Gailey Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey ST19 5PT
Received 29 Jan 2020Gailey Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PT
Received 29 Jan 2020Gailey Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PT
Received 29 Jan 202064 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TT
Received 29 Jan 2020Harvey Barn Westbeech Farm Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HF
Received 30 Jan 2020New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1RN
Received 22 Jan 2020Outdoor Creations Limited Hinksford Garden Centre Hinksford Lane Swindon KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 30 Jan 2020Byeways Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ER
Received 30 Jan 20201 Rees Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DR
Received 20 Jan 2020Windsor Gardens Codsall WV8 2EX
Received 15 Jan 202021 Meddins Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BZ
Received 31 Jan 20205 Ash Close Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JW
Received 27 Jan 2020Rosemary Cottage 4 James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 27 Jan 20205 Bag Pool Way Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BL
Received 3 Feb 2020Amos Convenience Store 10 Stafford Road Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NQ
Received 3 Feb 2020High Green Garage Limited 7 High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 31 Jan 2020Upper Westbeech Farm Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 3 Feb 20202 Bag Pool Way Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BL
Received 4 Feb 20201 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 27 Jan 20203 The Paddock Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BN
Received 31 Jan 2020Green Roofs Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 28 Jan 2020The Minerva Inn Wolverhampton Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2BX
Received 4 Feb 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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