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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.
6,371 approved · 807 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7A Huntsmans Drive Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BA
Received 3 Mar 202030 Harald Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NJ
Received 24 Feb 2020The Old Smithy 46 Dean Street Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BU
Received 2 Mar 2020Primrose Cottage Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AN
Received 4 Mar 202015 Vicarage Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HA
Received 4 Mar 20202A Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 4 Mar 20202 Warwick Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RN
Received 5 Mar 2020Perton Court Farm Jenny Walkers Lane Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HB
Received 5 Mar 202087A Station Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9EW
Received 6 Mar 202020 Buttermere Court Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PP
Received 6 Mar 2020Bank Cottage Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 7 Mar 20201 Princefield Avenue Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HG
Received 3 Mar 2020Hyde Mill House The Pavement Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BZ
Received 9 Mar 202019 And 21 Bratch Common Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DE
Received 3 Mar 2020Hillcrest Tong Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AB
Received 10 Mar 2020Williston Croft 6 Yew Tree Drive Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9QZ
Received 3 Mar 2020Peter Smith Farms Limited The Bradshaws Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HU
Received 4 Mar 202057 Hilton Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AL
Received 3 Mar 202021B Bilbrook Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EU
Received 5 Mar 202020 Walsall Road Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JU
Received 5 Mar 20203 Monkton Way Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BS
Received 10 Mar 2020Lawn Lane Solar Limited Solar Farm Lawn Lane Coven
Received 10 Mar 2020Land At Flemmynge Close Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AD
Received 28 Feb 2020Wightwick And Finchfield Cricket Club Castlecroft Road Castlecroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8NA
Received 11 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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