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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.
6,133 approved · 783 refused · 321 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heythrop Light Ash Lane Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5AE
Received 11 Dec 2019The Granary Otherton Hall Court Otherton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NX
Received 13 Dec 2019The Granary Otherton Hall Court Otherton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NX
Received 13 Dec 201972 Orton Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XB
Received 16 Dec 201912 Greville Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5HY
Received 18 Dec 201963 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HN
Received 19 Dec 2019Pillaton Hall Farm Cannock Road Pillaton STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 19 Dec 201914 Millennium Way Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1GA
Received 19 Dec 2019Cedar Lodge Ivetsey Bank Road Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AE
Received 20 Dec 201934 Orchard Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AN
Received 20 Dec 201948 Teddesley Way Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UX
Received 20 Dec 2019The New Cottages Pattingham Road Perton
Received 20 Dec 20192A Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 20 Dec 2019Units 3 And 4 Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 20 Dec 20196 And 7 Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 20 Dec 20191 And 8A Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 20 Dec 201911 Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 20 Dec 2019Land Adjacent 26 Dark Lane Kinver
Received 20 Dec 20199 Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 21 Dec 2019Land North Side Of Common Lane Bednall
Received 21 Dec 20198B Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 21 Dec 201912A And 12B Hinksford Farm Hinksford Lane Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BH
Received 21 Dec 2019Brewtopia Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 21 Dec 2019Wombourne High School Ounsdale Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8JJ
Received 20 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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