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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.
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South Staffordshire Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Staffordshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,784Searchable applications
292Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,915 approved or refused records
875Refused applications
7,040 approved · 875 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning Contact the Planning TeamLocal plan Local Plan Review Examination
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@sstaffs.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas19 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas15 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Unknown21/00991/FUL
Proposed demolition of existing stables, change of use of land to domestic and building single storey two bed dwelling (Lodge)
Foley Fane Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood Staffordshire DY7 5AP
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01008/FUL
Proposed demolition of existing barn (approved for conversion to 3 dwellings under 20/00280/AGRRES) and construction of 3 dwellings
Pendeford Hall Farm Pendeford Hall Lane Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BD
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01010/FUL
Erection of an agricultural building to be used as livestock housing
The Meadows Starkeys Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QJ
Received 17 Sept 2021 - Unknown21/01062/FUL
Adventure golf course facility and associated works including car park and landscaping.
Swindon Golf Club Bridgnorth Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PU
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01064/COU
Change of use of land to allow for narrow boat moorings, and associated car parking and access.
White Park Farm Straight Mile Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DW
Received 1 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01090/FUL
Single storey rear kitchen extension, two-storey front bay window extension, new chimney stack and various internal and external alterations to dwelling (application partly retrospective).
Ivy House Farm Bickford Road Whiston Staffordshire ST19 5QH
Received 1 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01115/FUL
Proposed single storey extension to rear of the property.
Sutherland Cottage 1 Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01116/LBC
Proposed single storey extension to rear of the property.
Sutherland Cottage 1 Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01136/FUL
Single storey extension to side and rear of existing surgery providing 5 new consulting rooms, office and with internal refurbishment/ reconfiguration.
High Street Surgery High Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AB
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01152/FUL
16 No. proposed additional/replacement stables
Hilton Park Stables Hilton Park Essington Staffordshire WV11 2BD
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01163/FUL
Single storey, 3 bedroom, wheelchair accessible accommodation block
Edge View Nursing Home Comber Road Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HT
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided21/01169/FUL
Single and 2 storey side extensions.
14 Whilmot Close Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7BJ
Received 2 Nov 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01173/FUL
31Erection of a single storey bungalow
31 Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HU
Received 3 Nov 2021 - Unknown20/00788/COND
Discharge of Conditions:Condition 3- Landscaping proposals are submitted with this application.Condition 5- The location of tree protection fencing is shown on the Tree Protection Plan within the Arboricultural Report submitted with this application.Condition 6- There is no construction work, drainage runs and excavation work proposed within the protective fencing/root protection areas of retained trees. Condition 10- A materials scheduled is submitted with this application.Condition 15- Boundary treatments are shown on drawing 20009/4B submitted with this application.
Land Adjacent 18 Hillboro Rise Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BS
Received 4 Nov 2021 - Unknown19/00248/COND2
Discharge Condition 5: Foul water drainage plans are submitted with this application. Condition 6: Surface water drainage plans and calculations are submitted with this application. Condition 7: An Archaeology Report is submitted with this application. Condition 11: A site traffic management plan is submitted with this application
Land West Of 18 Shop Lane Oaken Staffordshire
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Unknown21/01188/TTREE
Tree Preservation Order 10/00243. 2 x Taxus spp. (Yew) - Reduce back from highway by 50%, or remove specimen closest to driveway and reduce retained tree by 50%
21 Church Road Shareshill Staffordshire WV10 7JR
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01195/FUL
Proposed re-imaging of front elevation
18 Tudor Way Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7LN
Received 9 Nov 2021 - Unknown21/01200/FUL
Proposed accommodation for 90No. free-standing metal containers and improvement of vehicular access drive-way to the application site.
Ellesmere Cottage Watling Street Four Crosses Staffordshire WS11 1SD
Received 10 Nov 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01203/FUL
Proposed two storey side extension
52 Duck Lane Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1HF
Received 10 Nov 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01204/FUL
Erection of a building for the storage of materials and machinery associated with the maintenance of Wergs Golf Course
Wergs Golf Club Keepers Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8UA
Received 10 Nov 2021 - Decided18/00436/COND2
Discharge of Condition 7 (Construction Management Plan), Condition 13 (Lighting) and Condition 16A (Archaeological investigation)
Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire
Received 13 Nov 2021 - Unknown21/01201/FUL
Erection of detached dwelling
Site Between 8 And 10 Hawthorne Road Essington
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Unknown21/01247/OUT
A dwelling for a rural worker - for the equine and agricultural business.
Micklewood Stud Micklewood Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5SD
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Application approved with conditions21/01250/FUL
The proposed development is to rebuild a severely damaged 2 storey dwelling in the same position, size, layout and visual appearance as the existing. The only remains of the existing building is the steel frame which has been declared beyond repair by the structural engineer.
Brelades Long Common Claverley Staffordshire WV5 7AX
Received 24 Nov 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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