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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.
7,416 approved · 927 refused · 372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2012 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To The Old Vicarage Old Vicarage Lane Dunston Staffordshire ST18 9AD
Received 25 Sept 202255 St Andrews Drive Perton Staffordshire WV6 7YL
Received 16 Sept 20223 Churchfield Close Coven Staffordshire WV9 5DG
Received 20 Sept 20224 Rockmount Gardens Brockleys Walk Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6JT
Received 21 Sept 2022Longnor Hall Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 26 Sept 2022Longnor Hall Farm Wheaton Aston Road Longnor Staffordshire ST19 5QN
Received 26 Sept 2022Millers Lodge Top Road Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 26 Sept 20222 Farleigh Road Perton Staffordshire WV6 7RH
Received 26 Sept 2022Great Wyrley Performing Arts High School Hall Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6LQ
Received 27 Sept 202230 Church Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EH
Received 27 Sept 2022The Ferns Histons Hill Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EY
Received 28 Sept 2022Broadgate House 6 Market Place Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BS
Received 16 Sept 2022New Pastures Husphins Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1RN
Received 19 Sept 2022Flat 5 Birches Bridge Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PE
Received 21 Sept 202211 Stafford Street Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9DX
Received 21 Sept 2022Brunel Court Mount Road Wombourne Staffordshire
Received 28 Sept 20221 Giffard Close Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9HD
Received 20 Sept 202254 Sandy Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1EN
Received 24 Sept 2022203 - 205 Walsall Road Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6NH
Received 28 Sept 2022Acton Close Lower Penkridge Road Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RJ
Received 28 Sept 202255 High Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7AD
Received 29 Sept 202215 Holly Close Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BP
Received 29 Sept 20221 Oakdene Close Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HF
Received 29 Sept 202236 Sneyd Lane Essington Staffordshire WV11 2DU
Received 30 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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