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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.
6,616 approved · 838 refused · 345 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Knoll Wolverhampton Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DR
Received 28 Oct 2020Springhill Farm 70 Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TJ
Received 29 Oct 202035 Church View Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EE
Received 1 Oct 20203 Greenfields Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HP
Received 29 Oct 2020Site Of Former Gorsty Lea Garage Wolverhampton Road Codsall
Received 15 Oct 2020Abbey Farms Cannock Road Penkridge
Received 30 Oct 202015 Birches Park Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2DT
Received 30 Oct 2020Tinkers Cottage 2 Dunsley Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6LJ
Received 6 Oct 20204 Anstree Close Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LS
Received 13 Oct 2020Bickford Grange Bickford Road Bickford STAFFORD ST19 5QJ
Received 30 Oct 202067 White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AP
Received 31 Oct 2020161 Birches Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2JW
Received 16 Oct 2020Four Oaks Pool House Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AZ
Received 16 Oct 2020Land Adjacent 4 Long Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2AA
Received 8 Oct 2020Land Adjacent To 15 Lime Tree Road Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1NX
Received 19 Oct 202045 Nursery Drive Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5SJ
Received 14 Oct 202021 Station Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LH
Received 19 Oct 2020304 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6DN
Received 20 Oct 2020Oak Tree Caravan Site New Road Featherstone WV10 7NT
Received 20 Oct 2020Oak Tree Caravan Site New Road Featherstone WV10 7NT
Received 20 Oct 202016 Chapel Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EJ
Received 20 Oct 2020Brelades Long Common Claverley WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7AX
Received 24 Oct 2020Roost Farm Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 26 Oct 2020Tanglewood 2 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 28 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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