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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.
7,204 approved · 889 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Hilton Lane Shareshill Staffordshire WV10 7HU
Received 1 Apr 202282 High Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AE
Received 1 Apr 202223 Redcliffe Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0JE
Received 1 Apr 2022248 Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire WV10 8QG
Received 2 Apr 20225 Sandy Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9ET
Received 2 Apr 2022Hinksford Garden Centre Hinksford Lane Swindon Staffordshire DY6 0BH
Received 2 Apr 202214 Deacons Field Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9GA
Received 3 Apr 20228 Norton Road Iverley Staffordshire DY8 2RX
Received 3 Apr 2022Upper Brockhurst Farm Brockhurst Road Blymhill Staffordshire TF11 8NE
Received 4 Apr 2022Landywood Farm House Landywood Farm Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AS
Received 4 Apr 2022Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge Staffordshire DY6 0AU
Received 4 Apr 2022Homestead Paradise Lane Slade Heath Staffordshire WV10 7NZ
Received 5 Apr 202227 Primrose Gardens Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TZ
Received 5 Apr 202213 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 5 Apr 202213 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 5 Apr 2022Pearce Hay Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9AA
Received 5 Apr 202218 Leasowe Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7TU
Received 30 Mar 2022The Bentlands 38 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BP
Received 1 Apr 2022Dunelm Hazel Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AA
Received 1 Apr 20222 Swinforge Way Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NE
Received 29 Mar 2022Edgecliffe House Foley Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6EP
Received 5 Apr 2022Highcroft Holyhead Road Kingswood Staffordshire WV7 3AN
Received 6 Apr 202216 Swinford Leys Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8HT
Received 5 Apr 2022Sycamore Coppice Close Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7EZ
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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