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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.
7,078 approved · 880 refused · 359 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Jacobs Hall Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AD
Received 20 Jan 20227 Johnsgate Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9HZ
Received 20 Jan 2022Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 20 Jan 2022Square House Square House Kennels Cannock Road Mansty Staffordshire ST19 5SA
Received 20 Jan 2022229 Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire WV10 8QL
Received 20 Jan 2022The Croft Watling Street Stretton ST19 9LN
Received 20 Jan 2022Reynard Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 21 Jan 2022Reynard Cottage Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 21 Jan 20224 Sapling Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DF
Received 6 Jan 2022Rolleston Villa 55 Wolverhampton Road Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5AF
Received 18 Jan 2022Lydiates House Beacon Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 5NH
Received 21 Jan 2022Trysull House Seisdon Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7JF
Received 21 Jan 2022Codsall And Wergs Garden Centre Wergs Hall Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2HJ
Received 15 Jan 20225 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6PD
Received 18 Jan 202240 Dickinson Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0NH
Received 18 Jan 2022Longnor Hall Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 20 Jan 2022The Meadleys Farm Westbeech Road Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7HE
Received 21 Jan 2022Pennwood Lodge Pennwood Lane Penn Common Staffordshire WV4 5JJ
Received 23 Jan 2022Three Hammers Golf Complex Old Stafford Road Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PP
Received 24 Jan 202229 Mount Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9EU
Received 24 Jan 202215A High Street Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NP
Received 19 Jan 2022Bungalow Farm Ivy House Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9LW
Received 24 Jan 20223 Hughes Road Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4BQ
Received 24 Jan 20221 Dene Road Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UU
Received 25 Jan 2022Records 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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