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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.
7,411 approved · 924 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Winander Radford Lane Lower Penn WOLVERHAMPTON WV3 8JT
Received 22 Jul 2022East Gatehouse Patshull Hall Patshull Park Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV6 7HY
Received 23 Jul 2022Swallow Barn 1 Clan Park Farm Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 25 Jul 2022Saunders Brothers Salvage Prestwood Drive Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5QT
Received 25 Jul 2022Great Chatwell House Great Chatwell NEWPORT TF10 9BJ
Received 25 Jul 202237 Fir Street Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4AD
Received 25 Jul 20221 Broadacres Close Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5BW
Received 26 Jul 2022112 Brownshore Lane Essington Staffordshire WV11 2AG
Received 26 Jul 202212 Hawks Close Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7LE
Received 20 Jul 202213 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BX
Received 20 Jul 20223 Scholars Close Huntington Staffordshire WS12 4GF
Received 26 Jul 202225 Penn Road Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4AG
Received 27 Jul 202231 Meddins Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BZ
Received 27 Jul 20222 White Harte Caravan Site High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HN
Received 22 Jul 202242 Marsh Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5BP
Received 27 Jul 2022Atherlea Lawnswood Drive Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QW
Received 25 Jul 20221 Wodehouse Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8JF
Received 26 Jul 202212 Sandringham Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8EF
Received 27 Jul 202212 Keepers Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2DP
Received 25 Jul 2022St Marys Church Frog Lane Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9NW
Received 27 Jul 2022Mulberry Edge Kingsford Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 5NP
Received 28 Jul 2022Quarry Lodge Patshull Park Burnhill Green Staffordshire WV7 3BB
Received 26 Jul 2022Stables Mill Riding Centre Warstones Hill Road Nurton Staffordshire WV6 7HH
Received 29 Jul 2022Moseley Old Hall Cottage Moseley Old Hall Lane Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HY
Received 29 Jul 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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