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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.
7,284 approved · 898 refused · 365 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjoining 1 Filance Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5HJ
Received 21 Apr 202217 The Crescent Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6EN
Received 25 Apr 2022Kings Lodge Bridgnorth Road Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5BJ
Received 25 Apr 2022352 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DN
Received 26 Apr 2022Deerhurst Sugarloaf Lane Iverley Staffordshire DY10 3PD
Received 26 Apr 2022Units 1 - 2 Saredon Road Little Saredon Staffordshire
Received 27 Apr 2022114 Birches Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JP
Received 28 Apr 202232 Post Office Road Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7HA
Received 28 Apr 2022Unit C Innovation Drive Pendeford Staffordshire WV9 5GA
Received 28 Apr 2022Moorland House Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 29 Apr 2022Hockerhill Farm Kiddemore Green Road Bishops Wood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 29 Apr 2022Himley House Hotel Wolverhampton Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LD
Received 29 Apr 2022Himley House Hotel Wolverhampton Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LD
Received 29 Apr 2022The Thatch Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BD
Received 30 Apr 20228 Rodbaston Drive Rodbaston Staffordshire ST19 5PQ
Received 30 Apr 2022Herons Reach Stables Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood Staffordshire
Received 21 Apr 20225 New Cottages Oaken Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BD
Received 25 Apr 2022102 Langley Road Lower Penn Staffordshire WV3 7LH
Received 25 Apr 202261 Hawksmoor Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7TL
Received 27 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To Upper Whittimere Farm Tom Lane Bobbington Staffordshire DY7 5EP
Received 28 Apr 20222 Longridge Farm Levedale Road Longridge Staffordshire ST18 9AL
Received 26 Apr 2022Little Hayes Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 3 May 2022Coppice House Cannock Road Bednall Staffordshire ST19 5RP
Received 3 May 2022Russell House Bakers Way Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1HB
Received 3 May 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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