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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.
7,123 approved · 881 refused · 363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Lakeside Farm Watling Street Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1SQ
Received 17 Feb 2022Essington Cemetery Bursnips Road Essington WOLVERHAMPTON WV11 2RE
Received 17 Feb 2022Kings Lodge Mitton Road Mitton STAFFORD ST18 9ED
Received 17 Feb 20221 Cedar Vale Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6FB
Received 17 Feb 202216 Letchmere Lane Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7AH
Received 17 Feb 2022The Bentlands 38 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BP
Received 17 Feb 2022Site Adjacent Crateford House Crateford Lane Brewood
Received 17 Feb 202258 Oaken Park Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BW
Received 17 Feb 2022Land Adjacent Fair Haven Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath Staffordshire
Received 18 Feb 2022Hilton Hall Hilton Lane Hilton Staffordshire WV11 2BQ
Received 18 Feb 2022Hillfields House Prestwood Drive Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5QS
Received 18 Feb 2022Chimneys Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UF
Received 15 Feb 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 18 Feb 2022The Rickyard Whitehouse Lane Gunstone Staffordshire WV8 1QQ
Received 18 Feb 20227 Blakeley Heath Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0HW
Received 19 Feb 2022Stretton Garage Car Sales Watling Street Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9LN
Received 19 Feb 2022Park Gate Teddesley Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST19 5RH
Received 21 Feb 2022Yells Farmhouse Hilton Lane Hilton Staffordshire WV11 2AU
Received 18 Feb 202230 Dunster Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7RU
Received 19 Feb 20229 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 21 Feb 2022Bumble Hole Lock House Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8BT
Received 16 Feb 202238 Moor Lane Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7DN
Received 22 Feb 2022The Old Surgery Park Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7EF
Received 22 Feb 202211 Acorn Close Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6HP
Received 22 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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