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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.
7,399 approved · 920 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Wicket Lane Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5PD
Received 29 May 2022Longville Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 29 May 20225 Flemmynge Close Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 30 May 2022The Meadows Middle Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2BE
Received 31 May 2022Mann And Hummel Uk Ltd Hilton Cross Business Park Cannock Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7QZ
Received 31 May 2022Units 50-62 Landywood Enterprise Park Holly Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6BD
Received 31 May 2022Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire
Received 31 May 202212 The Windrow Perton Staffordshire WV6 7TY
Received 31 May 2022Himley Hall Park Himley Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4DF
Received 31 May 2022Radioworld 263 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DR
Received 1 Jun 2022Park Ridge Comber Grove Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6EN
Received 1 Jun 202216 Brindley Brae Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LR
Received 2 Jun 2022Codsall Community High School Elliotts Lane Codsall WOLVERHAMPTON WV8 1PQ
Received 6 Jun 202225 Showell Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TZ
Received 6 Jun 2022Sommerville Levedale Road Levedale Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 26 May 202252 Huntsmans Drive Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BA
Received 6 Jun 2022Tollgate Cottage Watling Street Four Crosses Staffordshire WS11 1SF
Received 31 May 2022111 Glenthorne Drive Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DD
Received 5 Jun 20221 Stafford Road Newtown Staffordshire WS6 6AX
Received 6 Jun 2022Bridge House Long Street Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9NF
Received 6 Jun 2022Pennwood Lodge Pennwood Lane Penn Common Staffordshire WV4 5JJ
Received 6 Jun 20225 Gittins Park Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0NR
Received 6 Jun 2022Briarwood 3 Edgmond Gardens Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9FB
Received 6 Jun 20229 Grassmere Court Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DR
Received 6 Jun 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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