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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.
7,011 approved · 873 refused · 356 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Bulls Barn 7 Orton Hall Farm Flash Lane Orton Staffordshire WV4 4TF
Received 17 Aug 2021120 Church Road Shareshill Staffordshire WV10 7JY
Received 17 Aug 2021Land At Rees Drive Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 17 Aug 20219 Millers Vale Wombourne WV5 8HR
Received 18 Aug 202122 Alexander Road Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1JQ
Received 18 Aug 202114 Huntsmans Rise Huntington Staffordshire WS12 4PH
Received 18 Aug 2021Prestwood Farm Wolverhampton Road Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5AQ
Received 18 Aug 2021203 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6NH
Received 18 Aug 2021The Coach House Greenhill Gardens Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0JB
Received 18 Aug 202114 Waterdale Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0DH
Received 18 Aug 20211 Heath House Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8EZ
Received 18 Aug 20213 Salters Meadow Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7FE
Received 18 Aug 2021Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge Staffordshire DY6 0AU
Received 18 Aug 2021Land North Of Dartmouth Arms Snowdon Road Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV6 7HU
Received 19 Aug 2021Cross Green Farm Kennels Dark Lane Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 19 Aug 202171 Bilbrook Road Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1EP
Received 19 Aug 20211 Pinewood Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0HA
Received 20 Aug 2021Ingleside Top Road Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 19 Aug 2021Dawtry Farm Watling Street Four Crosses Staffordshire
Received 20 Aug 2021Doveleys Farm Sandy Lane Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1RW
Received 21 Aug 202161 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 22 Aug 202118 Bader Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7UY
Received 23 Aug 2021Ridge Acre Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 23 Aug 202173 Oaken Park Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BW
Received 23 Aug 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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