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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.
6,933 approved · 868 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall Staffordshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall Staffordshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Coppice Farm Cannock Road Bednall Staffordshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Land North Of Penkridge Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 9 Jun 2021Bridge Cottage Teddesley Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RH
Received 9 Jun 20219 Kempton Drive Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DE
Received 4 Jun 202141 Horsebrook Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9EF
Received 1 Jun 2021Units 1 - 2 Saredon Road Little Saredon Staffordshire
Received 10 Jun 2021Dreamcote Birds Barn Lane Wolverley Staffordshire DY11 5SG
Received 10 Jun 2021Land Adjacent Brinsford Bridge Stafford Road Coven Heath Staffordshire
Received 1 Jun 2021Pearce Hay Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AA
Received 1 Jun 202168A Hyperion Road Stourton Staffordshire DY7 6SB
Received 7 Jun 2021Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire
Received 11 Jun 2021Land At Broad Lane Springhill Staffordshire
Received 11 Jun 2021Chatwell Lodge Great Chatwell Newport Staffordshire TF10 9BJ
Received 13 Jun 2021Poppywell Farm Levedale Road Levedale Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 13 Jun 2021Cherry Tree Meadow Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire
Received 14 Jun 2021Bridge Farm Long Street Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9NF
Received 14 Jun 2021Land West Of Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston Staffordshire
Received 14 Jun 2021Hog Hall Yew Tree Farm Pottal Pool Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RN
Received 15 Jun 2021Land On West Side Of Whittamoor Lane Longridge
Received 15 Jun 2021Iverley Park Farm Norton Road Iverley Staffordshire DY7 6PU
Received 15 Jun 2021Ivetsey Bank Farm Ivetsey Bank Road Ivetsey Bank Staffordshire ST19 9QU
Received 15 Jun 2021The Orchard Histons Hill Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EY
Received 15 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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