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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.
6,362 approved · 804 refused · 328 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jul 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EW
Received 19 Feb 2020Land On The South East Side Of Hobnock Road Essington
Received 19 Feb 2020Jonquil Holly Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AR
Received 20 Feb 20203 Wheelfield Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PN
Received 20 Feb 2020Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 20 Feb 20207 Orams Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EA
Received 20 Feb 2020Carisbrooke Chase View Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BL
Received 11 Feb 2020Upper Wheats Farm The Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BS
Received 21 Feb 20201 And 2 Smestow Mews Heath Mill Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EX
Received 21 Feb 2020Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PJ
Received 23 Feb 2020The Old Farmhouse The Middle Hattons Cartwright Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BF
Received 24 Feb 202046 Histons Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2ET
Received 24 Feb 2020Gailey Lea Farm Gailey Lea Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PT
Received 24 Feb 202055 Sytch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LB
Received 13 Feb 202024 Greensforge Lane Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BB
Received 12 Feb 202010 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EJ
Received 13 Feb 202064 Glenthorne Drive Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7DD
Received 17 Feb 202042 Pool Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7PB
Received 26 Feb 2020Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 26 Feb 2020Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard
Received 26 Feb 202086 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DW
Received 26 Feb 2020Springview Manor Warstones Hill Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HH
Received 26 Feb 202039 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 10 Feb 202034 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 18 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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