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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7,411 approved · 924 refused · 372 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
107 Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4TW
Received 16 Sept 2022Lakeside Farm Watling Street Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1SQ
Received 16 Sept 2022The Nurseries Bungham Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5NP
Received 20 Sept 2022Brewood CE Middle Academy School Road Brewood STAFFORD ST19 9DS
Received 20 Sept 202261 Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 21 Sept 2022Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire
Received 21 Sept 2022The Hatherton Country House Hotel Managers Flat Pinfold Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5QP
Received 21 Sept 2022The Hatherton Country House Hotel Managers Flat Pinfold Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5QP
Received 21 Sept 202259 Brewood Road Coven Staffordshire WV9 5DL
Received 14 Sept 2022Herons Reach Stables Ashwood Lower Lane Ashwood
Received 15 Sept 2022Stables Mill Riding Centre Warstones Hill Road Nurton Staffordshire WV6 7HH
Received 15 Sept 202259 Huntsmans Drive Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BA
Received 22 Sept 2022Unit 4 Vernon Park Cannock Road Featherstone Staffordshire WV10 7HP
Received 22 Sept 2022Bramber Histons Hill Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EY
Received 20 Sept 2022Orchard Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UH
Received 22 Sept 202256 Wood Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1DN
Received 14 Sept 2022Lower Drayton Farm Lower Drayton Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RE
Received 23 Sept 202261 Blymhill Road Blymhill Staffordshire TF11 8LS
Received 23 Sept 2022Longnor Hall Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 23 Sept 2022Longnor Hall Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 23 Sept 2022Land At Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire
Received 23 Sept 202258 Shaws Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6EQ
Received 23 Sept 2022Granary Cottage Dark Lane Cross Green Staffordshire WV10 7PN
Received 23 Sept 2022Former Wheaton Aston Old Hall Watling Street Ivetsey Bank Staffordshire ST19 9QT
Received 24 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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