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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.
7,377 approved · 915 refused · 372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thyme Cottage Shutt Green Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9LX
Received 24 May 2022Brewood Hall Sparrows End Lane Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DB
Received 18 May 20225 Ravenhill Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BA
Received 16 May 202223 School Lane Coven Staffordshire WV9 5AA
Received 18 May 202225 Deacons Field Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9GA
Received 23 May 2022Essington Quarry Bognop Road Essington Staffordshire WV11 2BG
Received 20 May 2022Former Munitions Depot Lawn Lane Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BA
Received 20 May 20221 The Foxalls Chillington Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QF
Received 24 May 202237 Stourton Crescent Stourton Staffordshire DY7 6RR
Received 24 May 20221 Dene Road Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UU
Received 25 May 202220 Springhill Park Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TS
Received 25 May 2022Land On The West Side Of Richfield Lane Bednall Staffordshire ST17 0SB
Received 25 May 2022Tudor House Histons Hill Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2HA
Received 25 May 20227 Windsor Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EX
Received 25 May 20222 Broadacres Close Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5BW
Received 26 May 202210 Stafford Road Huntington Staffordshire WS12 4NQ
Received 23 May 2022Kings Barn Blymhill Road Blymhill Staffordshire TF11 8LR
Received 27 May 202225A Wolverhampton Road Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5AF
Received 27 May 202210 Stafford Road Huntington Staffordshire WS12 4NQ
Received 23 May 20221 Filance Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5HJ
Received 25 May 2022Plough Farm Watling Street Gailey Staffordshire ST19 5PR
Received 25 May 2022Granite One Hundred Acton Gate Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST18 9AA
Received 24 May 2022Land At Broad Lane Springhill Staffordshire
Received 27 May 2022The Cart Barn 6 Whitehall Farm Barns Wolverhampton Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4LB
Received 29 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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