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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.
7,092 approved · 881 refused · 362 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chestnut House 4 Denefields Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JF
Received 20 Jan 2022Redbourne St Michaels Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AH
Received 20 Jan 2022Gable Croft Tinkers Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9DE
Received 24 Jan 2022Netley House Gravel Hill Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HA
Received 25 Jan 202239 High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HF
Received 31 Jan 202239 High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HF
Received 31 Jan 202217 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 1 Feb 2022Streetway House Watling Street Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9LN
Received 1 Feb 20225 East Beeches Coven Staffordshire WV9 5EA
Received 1 Feb 2022Merravay Hyde Bank Coppenhall Staffordshire ST18 9BW
Received 1 Feb 2022Robins Nest Farm Dirty Foot Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UQ
Received 2 Feb 202244 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BT
Received 2 Feb 2022Land To The Rear Of Hordern Lodge Ball Lane Coven Heath Staffordshire WV10 7HD
Received 26 Jan 2022The Bridge House 9 Patshull Hall Patshull Park Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV6 7HY
Received 3 Feb 2022Camden Wolverhampton Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AQ
Received 3 Feb 2022Damson Rest Church Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EF
Received 1 Feb 202282 Station Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9EN
Received 1 Feb 2022Lawnside Cottage Strawmoor Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2HY
Received 3 Feb 202219 Ladywell Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9AH
Received 1 Feb 20224 Frensham Close Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DL
Received 4 Feb 202238 Woodford Way Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8HD
Received 4 Feb 202212A Low Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DS
Received 4 Feb 202266 Kestrel Way Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7LB
Received 6 Feb 2022Beech Trees James Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6ED
Received 6 Feb 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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