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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7,411 approved · 924 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4 Orchard Grove Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LL
Received 7 Sept 2022176 Sutherland Road Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7BT
Received 9 Sept 20229 Whilmot Close Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7BJ
Received 12 Sept 2022Land Adjacent Bearnett House Bearnett Drive Penn WV4 5NN
Received 12 Sept 2022Parish Council Office Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BY
Received 12 Sept 2022Hunterswood Pattingham Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7HD
Received 13 Sept 2022Long Ridge Hunters Ride Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QN
Received 14 Sept 2022Woodland Rear Of 29 Hoylake Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7YS
Received 14 Sept 2022Lawnswood Farm Lawnswood Road Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QL
Received 14 Sept 2022Bridgnorth Garden Centre Bridgnorth Road Shipley Staffordshire WV6 7EJ
Received 14 Sept 2022Three Hammers Golf Complex Old Stafford Road Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PP
Received 15 Sept 2022The Brae Mill Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EG
Received 15 Sept 2022Church Road High Street Maypole Street Wombourne
Received 9 Sept 202229 Kestrel Way Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7LB
Received 9 Sept 2022Dimmingsdale Borehole Pumping Station Dimmingsdale Road Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4XF
Received 15 Sept 2022Rockstar Equine Riding And Livery Centre Cocksparrow Lane Huntington
Received 15 Sept 20229 Mount Pleasant Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AG
Received 15 Sept 2022Acton Mill Farm House Mill Lane Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RD
Received 15 Sept 2022Levedale Farmhouse Levedale Road Levedale Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 16 Sept 2022The Granary Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire TF11 8NA
Received 16 Sept 2022The Granary Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire TF11 8NA
Received 16 Sept 2022White Stables Oak Lane Calf Heath Staffordshire WV10 7DR
Received 16 Sept 202210 High Street Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7BQ
Received 16 Sept 202255 High Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AD
Received 16 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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