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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.
6,940 approved · 869 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak House Chase View Lane Coppenhall Staffordshire ST18 9BL
Received 7 Jun 202170 Walsall Road Churchbridge Staffordshire WS11 8JU
Received 15 Jun 20213 Broughton Court Perton Staffordshire WV6 7RL
Received 15 Jun 2021Blymhill View Blymhill Common Blymhill Common Staffordshire TF11 8JP
Received 15 Jun 20216 Birches Avenue Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JG
Received 9 Jun 202117 Damson Park Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7AY
Received 15 Jun 20211 Moore Close Perton Staffordshire WV6 7PB
Received 16 Jun 2021Annandale 102 Orton Lane Wombourne Staffordshire WV4 4XB
Received 16 Jun 2021Brewood Medical Centre Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 16 Jun 20216 Blakeley Heath Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0HW
Received 17 Jun 202130 Fairfield Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AE
Received 14 Jun 2021Portelet Bridgnorth Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PU
Received 14 Jun 2021Four Ashes Enterprise Centre Latherford Close Four Ashes Staffordshire
Received 16 Jun 2021Moseley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HY
Received 17 Jun 2021Moseley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HY
Received 17 Jun 2021Land At Beech Farm Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 17 Jun 2021New Buildings Farm Featherstone Lane Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7JZ
Received 18 Jun 20218 The Nurseries Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BZ
Received 18 Jun 2021Land At Rous Covert Snowdon Road Burnhill Green Staffordshire
Received 18 Jun 2021Manor Farm High Street Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NP
Received 19 Jun 2021Manor Farm High Street Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NP
Received 19 Jun 202121 Mount Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9EU
Received 19 Jun 20217 Ashleigh Crescent Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9PN
Received 19 Jun 2021Kingsacre 3 Old Weston Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AG
Received 19 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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