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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.
6,153 approved · 787 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Lilac Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HQ
Received 8 Jan 2020Pillaton Nurseries Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RZ
Received 8 Jan 2020Land Off Common Lane Bednall ST17 0SB
Received 19 Dec 2019Land Off Watling Street Ivetsey Bank STAFFORD ST19 9QT
Received 9 Jan 2020Far Laches Farm New Road Featherstone
Received 9 Jan 2020Orchard Cottage Churns Hill Lane Himley DUDLEY DY3 4LY
Received 10 Jan 2020The Barn Fox Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HD
Received 10 Jan 202020 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 10 Jan 2020Horse Chestnut Cottage And Dutch Barn House Six Ashes Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5BZ
Received 11 Jan 20203 Walnut Avenue Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HR
Received 12 Jan 202080 Mitre Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7HL
Received 13 Jan 2020Land South West South Cannock Farm Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley
Received 13 Jan 2020Jaguar Land Rover Wolverhampton Unit B Innovation Drive Pendeford WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5GA
Received 13 Jan 2020Covert Cottage Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY8 2RX
Received 14 Jan 2020Meadow Bank Church Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BW
Received 23 Dec 201926 Blymhill Common SHIFNAL TF11 8JP
Received 14 Jan 202043 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 23 Dec 20191B Foxlands Drive Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5NB
Received 9 Jan 2020Netherome School Lane Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AG
Received 15 Jan 202042 Keepers Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DP
Received 15 Jan 2020The Barn Cocksparrow Lane Huntington WS12 4PB
Received 15 Jan 2020Green Leys Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 20 Dec 201948A Oak Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9HJ
Received 3 Jan 2020Chase View Bungalow Watling Street Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PR
Received 8 Jan 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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