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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.
7,190 approved · 889 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elwell Nurseries Wolverhampton Road Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HX
Received 24 Mar 2022517 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AE
Received 25 Mar 2022Hollyhurst Holly Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AR
Received 25 Mar 2022Lenchford Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 28 Mar 2022The Cottage Wolverhampton Road Dunston Staffordshire ST18 9AB
Received 28 Mar 20223 Tollhouse Way Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8AF
Received 28 Mar 2022108 Oaken Park Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BW
Received 21 Mar 2022The Hurst Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QP
Received 29 Mar 202272 Enville Road Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BU
Received 29 Mar 202223 Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PT
Received 29 Mar 202210 Cabot Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7TQ
Received 29 Mar 2022Land At Hunters Ride Lawnswood Staffordshire
Received 30 Mar 20222 Fentonhouse Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9NU
Received 30 Mar 2022Slade Heath Garage Old Stafford Road Slade Heath Staffordshire WV10 7PD
Received 30 Mar 2022Wergs Farm House Popes Lane Tettenhall Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 8TX
Received 30 Mar 2022Glenside Dark Lane Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 30 Mar 202266 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AN
Received 31 Mar 2022Castlecroft Farm House Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 28 Mar 2022Castlecroft Farm House Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 28 Mar 2022Brooklands Bratch Lane Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8DL
Received 26 Mar 202259A Oaken Lanes Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AW
Received 31 Mar 2022Hillfields House Prestwood Drive Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5QS
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Opposite Littleton Green Community School Cocksparrow Lane Huntington Staffordshire
Received 23 Mar 2022Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire
Received 31 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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