Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,158 approved · 886 refused · 364 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jul 2012 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Coppenhall Hall Coppenhall Mews Coppenhall Staffordshire ST18 9BN
Received 8 Mar 2022White Harte Caravan Site High Street Kinver Staffordshire
Received 8 Mar 202224 Reynolds Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7NY
Received 9 Mar 202267 Lane Green Road Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1LS
Received 9 Mar 20227 Park Avenue Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0ND
Received 9 Mar 2022The Firs St Michaels Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AH
Received 9 Mar 202212 Woody Bank Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7QA
Received 9 Mar 202216 Long Lane Springhill Staffordshire WV11 2AA
Received 9 Mar 202212 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AN
Received 9 Mar 20223 Cedar Gardens Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BW
Received 27 Feb 2022Sherwood House Astles Rock Walk Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6QA
Received 10 Mar 2022323 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DR
Received 10 Mar 2022Ivydene Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4XP
Received 3 Mar 2022Giffards Cross Lodge Upper Avenue Chillington Staffordshire WV9 5BJ
Received 4 Mar 20225 Hillcrest Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9JQ
Received 8 Mar 202291 Showell Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TU
Received 10 Mar 2022Wombourne Enterprise Park Bridgnorth Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0AL
Received 10 Mar 2022Land At Giggety Lane And Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 2022Green Roofs Cannock Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DT
Received 11 Mar 2022I54 Site Plot D Wobaston Road Pendeford Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 11 Mar 20227 Moathouse Close Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0QY
Received 12 Mar 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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