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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.
7,231 approved · 892 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
189 Birches Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JW
Received 12 Apr 202232 Four Ashes Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9HX
Received 13 Apr 2022Whitecroft 2 Wattles Lane Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RE
Received 13 Apr 20226 Beech Hurst Gardens Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7HQ
Received 13 Apr 20227 Cedar Gardens Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BW
Received 11 Apr 2022Bridge Cottage Teddesley Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RH
Received 13 Apr 20223 Market Place Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BS
Received 13 Apr 2022Hunters Green Woodford Lane Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HP
Received 14 Apr 202217 Belvide Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AN
Received 14 Apr 20222 Micklewood Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JE
Received 14 Apr 20222 Hempits Grove Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0SL
Received 14 Apr 2022Canalside High Street Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4NR
Received 15 Apr 2022Damson Cottage Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QS
Received 15 Apr 2022Centre Of Pond 261M From Lapley Manor, Church Lane 23M From Church Lane Church Lane Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JS
Received 17 Apr 2022Longnor Mill Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 19 Apr 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 19 Apr 2022Camden Wolverhampton Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AQ
Received 20 Apr 20222 White Harte Caravan Site High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HN
Received 13 Apr 2022Bryher Cottage Common Lane Bednall STAFFORD ST17 0SF
Received 13 Apr 2022233 Cannock Road Westcroft Staffordshire WV10 8QL
Received 14 Apr 2022Beam Ends Prestwood Drive Stourton Staffordshire DY7 6RZ
Received 14 Apr 2022White Cottage Watling Street Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9LN
Received 20 Apr 2022Shore Croft West Wing Sandy Lane Hatherton Staffordshire WS11 1RF
Received 20 Apr 2022Garage Site Sunset Close Coven
Received 20 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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