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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.
6,445 approved · 817 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 16 Oct 2020Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QG
Received 16 Oct 2020Greyfields Court Beacon Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 5NQ
Received 16 Oct 202044 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LQ
Received 16 Oct 2020Wolverhampton Business Airport Crab Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DY
Received 16 Oct 2020Berry Brook House 160 Cannock Road Westcroft STAFFORD WV10 8QW
Received 18 Oct 20202 Giffards Cottages Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 19 Oct 202029 Oakleigh Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1JP
Received 19 Oct 202017 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 20 Oct 2020Barclays 34 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HF
Received 15 Oct 202044 Snowdon Road Burnhill Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HU
Received 14 Oct 202012 Clive Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BU
Received 2 Oct 202031 Stone Lane Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DZ
Received 20 Oct 2020Land To The Rear Of White Cottage Sandy Lane Hatherton
Received 8 Oct 20208 Baggeridge Craft Village Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BB
Received 13 Oct 2020Cedar Cottage Little Oaks Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QQ
Received 15 Oct 202073 Oaken Park Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BW
Received 20 Oct 202010 Baggeridge Close Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AJ
Received 20 Oct 20201 New Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7PY
Received 20 Oct 2020The Laurels Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 20 Oct 2020Old Yells Farm Hilton Lane Hilton WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AU
Received 20 Oct 202012 Crestwood Park Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9JD
Received 20 Oct 202062 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 21 Oct 202051 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 21 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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