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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.
6,753 approved · 847 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
441 Walsall Road Great Wyrley WALSALL WS6 6HZ
Received 17 Mar 2021South Staffordshire College Rodbaston Campus Farm Drive Rodbaston STAFFORD ST19 5PH
Received 17 Mar 202130 Broad Lane Springhill WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RG
Received 18 Mar 2021Orchard Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UH
Received 18 Mar 2021Bradstowe Seisdon Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7JF
Received 18 Mar 202122B Horsebrook Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9EF
Received 18 Mar 2021The Lane House Top Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0RQ
Received 19 Mar 2021Iverley Park Farm Norton Road Iverley STOURBRIDGE DY7 6PU
Received 19 Mar 2021The Mill House Mill Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EG
Received 19 Mar 2021Land At Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood
Received 19 Mar 2021Land South Of Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 19 Mar 2021Tree Tops Chase View Lane Coppenhall STAFFORD ST18 9BL
Received 20 Mar 202126 The Paddock Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2BN
Received 22 Mar 2021Cross Green House Old Stafford Road Cross Green WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7PL
Received 22 Mar 2021116 Wardles Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DY
Received 22 Mar 2021Grassmoor House Gospel Ash Road Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5EF
Received 12 Mar 20212 The Saplings Penkridge STAFFORD ST19 5DE
Received 22 Mar 20211 Woodbine Close Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4UY
Received 23 Mar 2021Brinsford Lodge East Road Brinsford
Received 23 Mar 20213 Longridge Farm Levedale Road Longridge STAFFORD ST18 9AL
Received 23 Mar 2021The Homestead Smestow Road Smestow DUDLEY DY3 4PJ
Received 17 Mar 20213 Salters Meadow Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7FE
Received 23 Mar 2021Park House Wood Road Codsall Wood WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1QR
Received 23 Mar 2021Perton Manor Wrottesley Park Road Perton WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 2HE
Received 12 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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