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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.
7,115 approved · 881 refused · 363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Wergs Hall Road Codsall
Received 11 Feb 202226 Littlewood Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7EJ
Received 13 Feb 2022Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PJ
Received 13 Feb 2022Land South Of Bognop Road Essington
Received 9 Feb 2022Oaken Manor Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BD
Received 10 Feb 2022All Saints C E Primary School School Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HR
Received 14 Feb 2022The Lane House Top Road Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 14 Feb 202224 Brindley Brae Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LR
Received 14 Feb 2022Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0AL
Received 10 Feb 202219 Furnace Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0PB
Received 15 Feb 202246 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1JG
Received 15 Feb 202227 Stoneybrook Leys Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8JE
Received 10 Feb 2022Chimneys Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UF
Received 14 Feb 2022The Blackladies Kiddemore Green Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9BH
Received 10 Feb 2022Council Offices Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PX
Received 11 Feb 20223 Lockside Drive Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6NQ
Received 14 Feb 2022Wolverhampton Casuals Football Club Brinsford Lane Slade Heath Staffordshire WV10 7PR
Received 15 Feb 202226 Dunster Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7RU
Received 16 Feb 20222 Bearnett Drive Lloyd Hill Staffordshire WV4 5NN
Received 16 Feb 20226 Station Road Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1BX
Received 15 Feb 20221 Quarry Cottages Bridgnorth Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PU
Received 16 Feb 20221 Long Acre Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EG
Received 17 Feb 20221 Sorrel Close Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TX
Received 17 Feb 2022Lakeside Farm Watling Street Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1SQ
Received 17 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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