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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6,075 approved · 777 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Otherton Airfield Otherton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NX
Received 22 Nov 2019Covene Coven Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DF
Received 26 Nov 201919 Tollhouse Way Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AF
Received 27 Nov 2019Land To The Rear Of Eden Holme Pool House Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AZ
Received 27 Nov 201932 Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AQ
Received 27 Nov 2019Cuttlestone Croft Station Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5AN
Received 27 Nov 2019EE Limited Communications Site 62237 Penkridge Retail Park Wolverhampton Road Penkridge
Received 28 Nov 2019141 Birches Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JW
Received 28 Nov 20194 Holloway Court Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0DJ
Received 28 Nov 20197 County Lane Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY8 2SB
Received 28 Nov 2019Former Munitions Depot Lawn Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5BA
Received 28 Nov 201925 Oakwood Close Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DQ
Received 28 Nov 2019Westbeech Manor Nurton Hill Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HG
Received 29 Nov 2019Tall Trees Cottage Old Stafford Road Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PH
Received 29 Nov 2019Northgate Health Care Limited The Firs Residential Home Wodehouse Lane Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AE
Received 29 Nov 2019Sylvestris Straight Mile Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DW
Received 29 Nov 2019122 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AW
Received 30 Nov 2019Leabank House The Cobbles Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NB
Received 30 Nov 20192 James Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6ED
Received 2 Dec 2019B1 Kinvaston Hall Farm Water Eaton Lane Congreve STAFFORD ST19 5QD
Received 3 Dec 2019100 Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 3 Dec 2019West Wing Shore Croft Sandy Lane Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1RF
Received 3 Dec 20193 Clan Park Farm Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HT
Received 4 Dec 2019Landywood County Primary School Holly Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AQ
Received 25 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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