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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.
6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Oct 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Orchard Close Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AS
Received 25 Oct 2019Brinsford Farm Brinsford Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PR
Received 2 Nov 20199 Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 23 Oct 2019Field To North West Of Farmyard Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston
Received 22 Oct 201914 Nagington Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TA
Received 22 Oct 2019Sunnyside Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 4 Nov 2019Smithfield Cottage Pinfold Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AP
Received 25 Oct 2019Fox Inn 458 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BL
Received 24 Oct 20191 Edge Hill Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7SN
Received 5 Nov 2019Homefield Histons Hill Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HA
Received 11 Oct 2019Coylumbridge Hunters Ride Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QN
Received 26 Oct 201941 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 31 Oct 2019Land Adjacent 1 Oaktree Rise Codsall
Received 6 Nov 2019The Bungalow Croft Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PY
Received 6 Nov 201925 Kings Road Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DU
Received 6 Nov 2019Unit 2 Penkridge Industrial Estate Boscomoor Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NZ
Received 8 Nov 20193 Trevitt Place Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9PB
Received 8 Nov 2019Bishops Wood House Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AA
Received 8 Nov 2019Longville Pattingham Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HD
Received 8 Nov 20194 Red Rock Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EU
Received 4 Nov 2019Old Yells Farm Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AU
Received 8 Nov 201943 Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HR
Received 8 Nov 2019Springview Manor Warstones Hill Road Nurton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HH
Received 9 Nov 2019First Floor Flat Above Penkridge TV And Electrical Market Street Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DH
Received 7 Nov 2019Records 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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