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.
6,099 approved · 778 refused · 321 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Primrose Cottage Gospel Ash Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EE
Received 27 Nov 2019177 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 26 Nov 2019Great Chatwell Poultry Premises Great Chatwell Newport TF10 9BJ
Received 4 Dec 20199 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 4 Dec 2019Chanor Greenhill Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0LD
Received 5 Dec 201913 Chantry Road New Wood STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SA
Received 5 Dec 2019110 Planks Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DU
Received 6 Dec 201917 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 6 Dec 2019Copperbank Middle Lane Oaken WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BE
Received 6 Dec 2019Brinsford Lodge East Road Brinsford
Received 6 Dec 2019Land East Of Red Lane Gospel End DY3 4AN
Received 6 Dec 201928 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SB
Received 7 Dec 2019Wood Farm Riding Centre Wood Farm House Gospel End Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4HA
Received 9 Dec 201917 Edge View Walk Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AX
Received 4 Dec 20196 St James Crescent Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RP
Received 5 Nov 201922 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JR
Received 3 Dec 2019Pattingham House High Street Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BB
Received 22 Nov 201931 Blundies Lane Enville STOURBRIDGE DY7 5HU
Received 10 Dec 2019Sandy Acres Saredon Lane Great Saredon WV10 7LN
Received 10 Dec 201940 Joeys Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JL
Received 11 Dec 201918 Sherborne Gardens Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BN
Received 11 Dec 20196A Walkers Way High Street Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9DP
Received 11 Dec 2019Leasows Farm Watling Street Stretton STAFFORD ST19 9QX
Received 29 Nov 20197 Four Crosses Lane Four Crosses CANNOCK WS11 1RT
Received 2 Dec 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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