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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.
6,606 approved · 837 refused · 343 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Goodrich Avenue Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7UL
Received 21 Oct 202054 Sedgley Road Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5LE
Received 21 Oct 2020Lomas Enterprises Limited Dog And Partridge Straight Mile Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DW
Received 21 Oct 2020Land Off Tinkers Castle Road Seisdon
Received 22 Oct 202043A Redwing Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4TH
Received 22 Oct 20205 Lucas Rise Churchbridge CANNOCK WS11 8JW
Received 22 Oct 2020Kedesh Gospel Ash Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5ED
Received 22 Oct 2020The Laurels Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 23 Oct 202063 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BQ
Received 24 Oct 202027 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BY
Received 24 Oct 2020Dunston Dairy Farm Wolverhampton Road Dunston STAFFORD ST18 9AB
Received 26 Oct 202034A Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AZ
Received 26 Oct 20205 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PQ
Received 26 Oct 2020The Hawthorns High Green Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BD
Received 27 Oct 20201 Oak Apple Close Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AQ
Received 27 Oct 20206 Seymour Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LP
Received 20 Oct 2020121 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TW
Received 27 Oct 2020White Harte Caravan Site High Street Kinver
Received 27 Oct 2020Land On The South East Side Of Hobnock Road Essington
Received 27 Oct 2020Beech Tree House 16 Sandy Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9ET
Received 27 Oct 202011 St Chads Close Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DA
Received 20 Oct 20202 South View Close Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JD
Received 28 Oct 2020123 Cannock Road Westcroft WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 8QR
Received 28 Oct 202062 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1ER
Received 15 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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