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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.
6,721 approved · 846 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avery Bungalow Stable Lane Calf Heath WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7DN
Received 9 Mar 2021Lyne Hill Nurseries Lyne Hill Lane Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5NT
Received 9 Mar 20217 Sunridge Avenue Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 9HF
Received 26 Feb 2021Perton Middle School Communication Station Gainsborough Drive Perton
Received 10 Mar 202110 Penn Road Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4AQ
Received 10 Mar 202137 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7LN
Received 26 Feb 20213 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PQ
Received 2 Mar 202121 Sedgley Road Penn Common WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 5LD
Received 2 Mar 2021Land At The Burgesses Kinver
Received 10 Mar 2021146 Enville Road Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6BL
Received 10 Mar 2021Peter Smith Farms Limited The Bradshaws Holyhead Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HU
Received 5 Mar 2021Millstone Stretton Road Lapley STAFFORD ST19 9JR
Received 2 Mar 2021Medina House Mill Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QH
Received 25 Feb 202118 Meadows Grove Bilbrook WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1GG
Received 11 Mar 2021Reynard Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 11 Mar 2021Reynard Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DT
Received 11 Mar 2021Challenge Academy CIC Baggeridge Country Park Fir Street Gospel End DUDLEY DY3 4HB
Received 11 Mar 2021Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne
Received 11 Mar 2021Land At Keepers Lane Codsall
Received 11 Mar 2021St Chads Church Patshull Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BQ
Received 11 Mar 2021Heath House Grange Heath House Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HW
Received 11 Mar 20215 Speedwell Gardens Featherstone WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7TU
Received 11 Mar 20218 Jenks Avenue Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6AQ
Received 11 Mar 2021Bratch Pumping Station Bratch Lane Wombourne WV5 8DN
Received 11 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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