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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.
6,367 approved · 806 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Kinver Constitutional Club 119 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HL
Received 17 Feb 20209 Willow Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON South Stafffordshire WV9 5EP
Received 18 Feb 2020Midland Cryogenics Ltd 1 Aspley Close Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DE
Received 18 Feb 202062 Sandringham Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EF
Received 19 Feb 2020South Staffordshire College Rodbaston Campus Farm Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PH
Received 20 Feb 2020Ravenscroft Bell Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7JB
Received 24 Feb 202050 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RR
Received 21 Feb 2020Land At Bursnips Road Essington
Received 28 Feb 2020Trinity Court High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ER
Received 28 Feb 2020Harrow Cottage School Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AN
Received 20 Feb 2020Brewood Hall Farm Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 28 Feb 2020The Summer House Long Common Claverley WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7AX
Received 28 Feb 2020Standek Farm Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HX
Received 29 Feb 202059 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LH
Received 29 Feb 2020Agricultural Building Off Whittington Hall Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PJ
Received 29 Feb 2020Agricultural Building Off Whittington Hall Lane Kinver
Received 29 Feb 2020Land North Of Wobaston Road Pendeford
Received 2 Mar 202016 Tower View Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HE
Received 2 Mar 2020Pendrell Cottage Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 2 Mar 2020Pendrell Cottage Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 2 Mar 2020Halfpenny Green Vineyards Tom Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EP
Received 3 Mar 2020Land To The Rear Of 94 Wood Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1DW
Received 23 Feb 2020Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 3 Mar 20201 Greenhill Court Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JA
Received 3 Mar 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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