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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.
6,711 approved · 843 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Fairfield Drive Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2AG
Received 2 Mar 20211 Longford Close Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8HN
Received 2 Mar 2021Land At New Horse Road Cheslyn Hay
Received 2 Mar 2021Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington WV8 1RE
Received 3 Mar 2021Pennwood Lodge Pennwood Lane Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5JJ
Received 3 Mar 2021Land At Invicta Farm Sandy Lane Bishops Wood STAFFORD ST19 9AF
Received 4 Mar 202116 Lansdowne Avenue Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2EN
Received 4 Mar 2021Reynard Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 4 Mar 2021Da Ru Fentonhouse Lane Wheaton Aston STAFFORD ST19 9NY
Received 5 Mar 2021Staffordshire County Council Cheslyn Hay Sport And Community High School Saredon Road Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7JQ
Received 24 Feb 2021Great Wyrley Performing Arts High School Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LQ
Received 24 Feb 2021496 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HX
Received 23 Feb 202162 Ennerdale Drive Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7PF
Received 23 Feb 2021Winslie Corner 124 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BN
Received 23 Feb 2021Hampton Hill House Stourbridge Road Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0JN
Received 5 Mar 202123 Lichen Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4NZ
Received 25 Feb 202126 Springhill Park Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4TS
Received 18 Feb 2021Rear Of 2 Kenderdine Close Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0YS
Received 9 Feb 202115 Church Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JR
Received 12 Feb 2021Bednall Hall Farm Common Lane Bednall ST17 0SA
Received 6 Mar 2021Fair View Hilton Road Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7AQ
Received 8 Mar 202115 St Chads Close Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DA
Received 8 Mar 202174 Hall Lane Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6LY
Received 9 Mar 2021Atherlea Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood STOURBRIDGE DY7 5QW
Received 9 Mar 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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