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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.
7,215 approved · 891 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Tree Tops Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8DY
Received 31 Mar 202239 Cannock Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7AE
Received 7 Apr 2022Moseley Old Hall Cottage Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HY
Received 7 Apr 202214 Dunlin Drive Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TG
Received 7 Apr 20221 Manor Fold Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BE
Received 7 Apr 2022The Old Surgery 4 High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HG
Received 8 Apr 202284 Low Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HH
Received 8 Apr 202221 Glendale Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0HD
Received 31 Mar 202214 School Lane Shareshill Staffordshire WV10 7LE
Received 6 Apr 2022Charlesfield Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BD
Received 7 Apr 2022Church View Sandy Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EW
Received 8 Apr 20226 Meadow Way Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AS
Received 8 Apr 2022The Mount Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QS
Received 8 Apr 2022Rookery Farm Lapley Lane Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9QF
Received 9 Apr 202215 Mansion Court Heath House Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8EZ
Received 11 Apr 202215 Mansion Court Heath House Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8EZ
Received 11 Apr 20224 Wood Farm Barns Gospel End Road Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4HA
Received 11 Apr 2022Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge Staffordshire DY6 0AU
Received 12 Apr 2022Dreycott Hunters Ride Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QN
Received 12 Apr 202216 Larkspur Drive Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TP
Received 12 Apr 202212 Streets Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AN
Received 7 Apr 2022Yew Tree Lodge Levedale Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AT
Received 12 Apr 2022Campions Wood Quarry Wolverhampton Road Hollybush Staffordshire WV10 7LY
Received 12 Apr 202214 Burnet Grove Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7TT
Received 12 Apr 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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