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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.
7,184 approved · 888 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Queens Road Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DT
Received 10 Mar 202210 Ferndale Road Essington Staffordshire WV11 2JG
Received 14 Mar 202225 Station Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6LH
Received 14 Mar 20221 Jackson Close Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7BL
Received 14 Mar 2022West Wing Patshull Hall Patshull Park Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV6 7HY
Received 16 Mar 2022238 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DL
Received 16 Mar 2022The Croft School Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HR
Received 16 Mar 202259 White Hill Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6AP
Received 16 Mar 202267 Lane Green Road Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1LS
Received 10 Mar 2022Wild Wood County Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV7 3AH
Received 13 Mar 2022Owls Rest Barn Blacklands Barns Six Ashes Road Halfpenny Green Staffordshire DY7 5DP
Received 17 Mar 20221 Anacapri Lloyd Hill Staffordshire WV4 5NF
Received 15 Mar 2022Tutbury Court The Lane Coppenhall Staffordshire ST18 9BS
Received 17 Mar 2022The Old Coach House Church Lane Blymhill Staffordshire TF11 8LL
Received 17 Mar 202224 Anson Close Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6JJ
Received 18 Mar 202223 Severn Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7QU
Received 18 Mar 20223 St Andrews Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7YL
Received 15 Mar 2022Ashdene 66 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BY
Received 15 Mar 202234 Holly Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AQ
Received 18 Mar 2022Grazing Land Off Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire
Received 18 Mar 2022Otherton Hall Farm Otherton Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5NX
Received 7 Mar 202238 Old Farm Drive Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1GF
Received 21 Mar 2022Tinkers Cottage Lawnswood Road Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QP
Received 15 Mar 202211 Pillaton Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JA
Received 16 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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