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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.
7,259 approved · 893 refused · 364 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6LD
Received 20 Apr 20222 Brindley Brae Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LR
Received 20 Apr 2022Streetway House Watling Street Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9LN
Received 20 Apr 202224 Worcester Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7XE
Received 21 Apr 2022Tanglewood 2 Kenderdine Close Bednall Staffordshire ST17 0YS
Received 13 Apr 20223 Churchfield Close Coven Staffordshire WV9 5DG
Received 19 Apr 2022Green Mount Church Hill The Compa Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HX
Received 21 Apr 2022Chillington Estate Chillington Park Chillington Staffordshire
Received 21 Apr 2022Chapel Farm Bursnips Road Essington Staffordshire WV11 2RE
Received 22 Apr 2022Formerly The Davy Lamp Wardles Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DY
Received 22 Apr 202261 Hawksmoor Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7TL
Received 22 Apr 2022Land Adjacent Springhill Cottage 58 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TJ
Received 22 Apr 202241 High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HF
Received 22 Apr 20224 The Paddocks Bluebell Barn Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 22 Apr 2022Pattingham Club 43 High Street Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7BH
Received 22 Apr 202211 Kelso Gardens Perton Staffordshire WV6 7XS
Received 22 Apr 20226 Heath Farm Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1HT
Received 22 Apr 2022119 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TW
Received 23 Apr 202247A Station Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7ED
Received 24 Apr 202210 Whites Wood Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0HR
Received 24 Apr 2022Lapley Manor Church Lane Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JS
Received 19 Apr 2022Lapley Manor Church Lane Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JS
Received 19 Apr 202236 Sandy Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9ET
Received 19 Apr 2022The Heathers School Lane Dunston Staffordshire ST18 9AG
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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