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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.
6,392 approved · 811 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Codsall Village Hall Wolverhampton Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PW
Received 12 Mar 2020Hollyhurst Holly Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AR
Received 26 Mar 2020Featherstone Farm Hotel New Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NW
Received 13 Mar 2020Boulton Farm Wood Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LR
Received 16 Mar 2020The Old Pump House Bennetts Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7EY
Received 17 Mar 20206 Sutherland Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PA
Received 18 Mar 2020Potters Cross 4 White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AD
Received 17 Mar 2020Beauchamp House Wolverhampton Road Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5AF
Received 18 Mar 2020Penny Farthings Mill Lane Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RD
Received 18 Mar 2020School House Gospel Ash Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EF
Received 20 Mar 202018 Long Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AA
Received 18 Mar 2020Hockerhill Cottage Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 20 Mar 20208 Bramber Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EQ
Received 20 Mar 2020Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver DY7 6AA
Received 9 Jun 2020Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 20 Jun 2020Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne
Received 10 Jul 2020Land At Giggety Lane And Ounsdale Road Wombourne South Staffordshire WV5 0AY
Received 17 Sept 2020Kilmichael Wergs Hall Road Codsall WV8 2DB
Received 18 Sept 2020Kinver House Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HY
Received 1 Oct 2020Kinver House Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HY
Received 1 Oct 20206 Wicket Lane Prestwood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5PD
Received 1 Oct 2020Land North Side Of Common Lane Bednall
Received 1 Oct 2020Tree Tops Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QS
Received 1 Oct 20208B Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford DY6 0BH
Received 1 Oct 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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