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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.
6,914 approved · 866 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Homefield Road Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1JN
Received 25 May 2021The Bungalow Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 27 May 2021Hope Farm Whittamoor Lane Levedale Staffordshire ST18 9AQ
Received 28 May 2021Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 28 May 2021Telecommunications Station Grass Verge At Warstones Road/Stourbridge Road Junction Lloyd Hill Staffordshire
Received 28 May 202112 Hampton Grove Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LP
Received 28 May 2021Dunston Business Village Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 28 May 202158 Springhill Park Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TP
Received 28 May 202128 Nuthurst Drive Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS11 8SZ
Received 28 May 2021Weatheroaks Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood DY7 5QW
Received 28 May 202122 Princes Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2DJ
Received 29 May 202130 Broadway Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EL
Received 31 May 2021Site Of Former Penkridge Health Centre St Michaels Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 1 Jun 202116 St Chads Close Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9DA
Received 1 Jun 2021Land Adjacent The Nurseries Bungham Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5NP
Received 2 Jun 202142 Princefield Avenue Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5HG
Received 25 May 2021Aysgarth 2 Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QW
Received 25 May 2021The Barns Pool Hall Bridgnorth Road Trescott Staffordshire WV4 4XN
Received 25 May 20216 Churns Hill Lane Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LY
Received 26 May 20219 Orams Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9EA
Received 2 Jun 2021Little Moor Grange Farm Moor Lane Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7AR
Received 2 Jun 2021115 Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire WV10 8QR
Received 28 May 2021Cross Green House Old Stafford Road Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PL
Received 1 Jun 20218 Sutherland Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7PA
Received 2 Jun 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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