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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.
6,666 approved · 839 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Castle Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6EL
Received 11 Feb 2021The Meadleys Farm Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HE
Received 11 Feb 2021Hillboro Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9BN
Received 4 Feb 20211 Trussell Close Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RL
Received 12 Feb 2021Sunnyside Harrisons Lane Gailey STAFFORD ST19 5PS
Received 12 Feb 2021Woodland Rear Of Orchard House Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HT
Received 13 Feb 2021Green Roofs Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 13 Feb 202122 Foxlands Crescent Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5ND
Received 15 Feb 2021Woodlands Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QS
Received 16 Feb 202160 Sneyd Lane Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2DX
Received 17 Feb 2021Apple Tree Cottage Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5RE
Received 17 Feb 202111 Yew Tree Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AP
Received 17 Feb 2021Land Off Sandy Lane Hatherton
Received 2 Feb 2021Four Ashes Enterprise Centre Latherford Close Four Ashes
Received 8 Feb 2021441 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HZ
Received 10 Feb 202117 Lindale Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DZ
Received 11 Feb 202110 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PQ
Received 18 Feb 2021Grade Made Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RT
Received 18 Feb 202125 Tollhouse Way Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8AF
Received 18 Feb 2021Cedar Cottage Little Oaks Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QQ
Received 18 Feb 20217 Hyperion Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6SD
Received 19 Feb 202154 Duck Lane Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1HF
Received 19 Feb 202133 Deacons Field Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9GA
Received 19 Feb 2021Cookley Lane Stables Cookley Lane Kinver
Received 19 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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