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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.
6,685 approved · 841 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechbrook House School Road Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NH
Received 20 Feb 202110 Kentmere Close Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5EG
Received 21 Feb 2021Brontside Poplars Farm Way Coven WOLVERHAMPTON WV9 5EQ
Received 21 Feb 2021Cottage 1 Gypsy Green Teddesley Hay STAFFORD ST19 5RL
Received 21 Feb 2021Mumbles Ebstree Road Seisdon WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 7ES
Received 22 Feb 2021White Hill Farm White Hill Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AS
Received 4 Feb 20215 Rectory Drive Weston Under Lizard SHIFNAL TF11 8QQ
Received 9 Feb 202112 Chalmers Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4BJ
Received 15 Feb 2021Land At The Burgesses Kinver
Received 22 Feb 20211 Long Acre Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EG
Received 22 Feb 2021Southfork Holyhead Road Kingswood WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3AP
Received 22 Feb 202116 Bramber Drive Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EQ
Received 16 Feb 202119 Sandringham Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8EF
Received 16 Feb 2021High Street Kinver
Received 1 Feb 20213 Wheelfield Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PN
Received 23 Feb 20214 Old Smithy Close Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7AZ
Received 24 Feb 2021Arvon Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JA
Received 24 Feb 20217 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PQ
Received 24 Feb 2021111 High Street Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HD
Received 24 Feb 202113 Orams Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EA
Received 25 Feb 202121 Sandy Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1EN
Received 25 Feb 20217 Bridgnorth Road Stourton STOURBRIDGE DY7 6RP
Received 25 Feb 202127 Richmond Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7RR
Received 26 Feb 20219 Crystal Gardens Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6DG
Received 9 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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