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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.
6,636 approved · 838 refused · 347 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bleak House Hyde Bank Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BW
Received 28 Oct 2020Greenacres Stafford Road Newtown WALSALL WS6 6AY
Received 28 Oct 202029 Feiashill Road Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HN
Received 29 Oct 20201 Manston Hill Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5JZ
Received 21 Oct 20209 Monks Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8LB
Received 29 Oct 2020Baggeridge Country Park Fir Street Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4HB
Received 29 Oct 2020Site Of Former Portacabin Four Ashes Industrial Estate Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DB
Received 28 Oct 202039 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 27 Oct 2020Land At Woodford Lane Trysull WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HP
Received 2 Oct 2020Whittick House The Pavement Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BZ
Received 8 Oct 2020Energyst Rental Solutions Unit 4E Station Road Four Ashes WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DG
Received 24 Nov 2020Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 18 Dec 2020Sunnydale Dark Lane Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PN
Received 22 Dec 2020Springslade Works Cannock Road Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SG
Received 13 Jan 2021Land North Of Penkridge Stafford Road Penkridge
Received 20 Jan 2021Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge KINGSWINFORD DY6 0AU
Received 1 Feb 202140 Elliotts Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PG
Received 2 Feb 202143 Showell Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TZ
Received 3 Feb 202119 Stag Drive Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UJ
Received 3 Feb 2021Littleton Green Community School Colliers Way Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UD
Received 3 Feb 2021Land Off Red Lane Gospel End
Received 3 Feb 202119 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6PD
Received 3 Feb 202115 Sutherland Grove Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PA
Received 1 Feb 2021Ivy House Farm 54 Post Office Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7HA
Received 4 Feb 2021Records 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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