Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,378 approved · 809 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
90A Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PE
Received 12 Mar 2020Penkridge Retail Park Somerfield Supermarket Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NS
Received 12 Mar 202017 Turnstone Drive Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TA
Received 12 Mar 2020Holly House Bickford Road Whiston STAFFORD ST19 5QH
Received 13 Mar 202018 Millennium Way Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1GA
Received 13 Mar 20205A Orchard Grove Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LL
Received 6 Mar 202017 Princes Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DH
Received 13 Mar 20201 Mallard Way Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5UE
Received 16 Mar 2020Land At St Bartholomews CE Primary School Sedgley Road Penn Common
Received 3 Mar 2020Park Oak Farm Offoxey Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AP
Received 28 Feb 2020Land On The East Side Of Hyde Lane Kinver DY7 6AE
Received 18 Mar 2020Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne South Staffordshire
Received 18 Mar 2020The Paddocks Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 18 Mar 20208 Heron Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5UD
Received 2 Mar 2020351A Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DP
Received 19 Mar 202021 Eggington Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SY
Received 19 Mar 202047 Gainsborough Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7NR
Received 5 Mar 20205 Chestnut Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JF
Received 5 Mar 202022 Franklyn Close Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7SB
Received 10 Mar 2020Lutley Lane Bobbington Stourbridge DY7 5DG
Received 13 Mar 2020Denefield House Francis Green Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HE
Received 23 Mar 2020Land South Of Gailey HW Depot Stafford Road Gailey
Received 16 Mar 202018 Long Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AA
Received 10 Mar 2020177 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
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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