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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.
6,407 approved · 813 refused · 334 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jul 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Stone Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EG
Received 1 Oct 2020100 Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 1 Oct 202015 Bratch Common Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DE
Received 2 Oct 2020Land To The North East Of Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 2 Oct 202016 Brindley Close Penkridge PENKRIDGE ST19 5HX
Received 2 Oct 202018 Elliotts Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PG
Received 2 Oct 202026 Fentonhouse Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NU
Received 2 Oct 202017 Anson Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6JL
Received 3 Oct 2020122 Hinksford Park Swindon Road Hinksford KINGSWINFORD DY6 0BB
Received 3 Oct 202017 Carisbrooke Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UU
Received 3 Oct 202037 Alexander Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JQ
Received 4 Oct 2020Otherton Hall Farm Otherton Lane Penkridge ST19 5NX
Received 5 Oct 2020Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AA
Received 5 Oct 2020Pumping Station Dimmingsdale Road Lower Penn WV4 4XF
Received 7 Oct 2020The Bungalow Popes Lane Wolverhampton WV6 8TX
Received 7 Oct 202093 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EP
Received 7 Oct 20209 High Path Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BE
Received 7 Oct 20202 Malthouse Cottages Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LP
Received 8 Oct 2020Westcroft Farm Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QW
Received 8 Oct 20203 Gorsemoor Way Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DL
Received 8 Oct 2020Meadow View Paradise Lane Slade Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7NZ
Received 8 Oct 202047 Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6BA
Received 8 Oct 20207 Verdon Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5TQ
Received 3 Oct 2020Sandy Acres Feeds Sandy Acres Saredon Lane Great Saredon WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7LN
Received 8 Oct 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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