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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7,411 approved · 924 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spar Foodliner Filance Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JT
Received 28 Aug 20224 Martin Grove Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6BF
Received 28 Aug 2022Hope Cottage Park Lane Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JT
Received 29 Aug 2022New Barn Fox Road Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7HD
Received 31 Aug 2022Wombourne High School Ounsdale Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8JJ
Received 2 Sept 2022Elmhurst Stable Lane Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DN
Received 25 Aug 20226 Greenhill Court Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0JA
Received 26 Aug 2022Office Building East Of Lutley Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DE
Received 30 Aug 2022Mills End 2A Redcliffe Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0JE
Received 3 Sept 202222 Acacia Crescent Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1NU
Received 1 Sept 2022The Four Ashes Inn Station Drive Four Ashes Staffordshire WV10 7BU
Received 6 Sept 2022Huntercombe Stafford Hospital Watling Street Ivetsey Bank Staffordshire ST19 9QT
Received 7 Sept 20227 Red Rock Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EU
Received 8 Sept 2022New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 8 Sept 2022Jubilee House High Street Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HL
Received 8 Sept 2022The Dingle Coven Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BY
Received 8 Sept 202244 Suckling Green Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BT
Received 8 Sept 202263 Broad Lane Springhill Staffordshire WV11 2RG
Received 8 Sept 202238 Filance Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5JT
Received 9 Sept 2022Highcroft Fox Road Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7HD
Received 10 Sept 2022The Gables Seisdon Road Trysull Staffordshire
Received 10 Sept 2022The Bungalow Wrekin View Huntington CANNOCK WS12 4PG
Received 11 Sept 2022Poplars Farm Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QP
Received 12 Sept 2022Greenacres Ebstree Road Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7ES
Received 12 Sept 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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