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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.
7,528 approved · 945 refused · 374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Hawkstone Court Perton Staffordshire WV6 7YT
Received 29 Oct 2022Visitor Centre Highgate Common Enville
Received 24 Oct 2022St Andrews Church Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire
Received 28 Oct 2022Stretton Hall Garden Lane Stretton Staffordshire ST19 9LQ
Received 31 Oct 2022Bridge House Hotel Stone Cross Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AS
Received 1 Nov 2022Tudor House Mill Lane Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RD
Received 2 Nov 202221 Foster Crescent Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6EA
Received 2 Nov 20224 Vardons Keep (Plot 6 Popes Lane) WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 8AX
Received 2 Nov 202219 Shop Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9EB
Received 3 Nov 2022Weston Park And Parkland Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire
Received 3 Nov 2022Former Royal Ordnance Factory Cat And Kittens Lane And Brookhouse Lane Featherstone
Received 3 Nov 2022Meadow View Levedale Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5AT
Received 3 Nov 2022Homestead Paradise Lane Slade Heath Staffordshire WV10 7NZ
Received 3 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Road King Truck Stop Watling Street Four Crosses Staffordshire WS11 1SB
Received 5 Nov 202236 Croydon Drive Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5DW
Received 6 Nov 20223 The Paddock Coven Staffordshire WV9 5JW
Received 7 Nov 2022Summer Bees 5 Old Vicarage Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9JQ
Received 7 Nov 2022Hunters Lodge Little Oaks Drive Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QQ
Received 7 Nov 2022Drayton Lodge Old Vicarage Lane Dunston Staffordshire ST18 9AD
Received 7 Nov 2022Kings Pools Cannock Road Shareshill WOLVERHAMPTON WV10 7JP
Received 7 Nov 2022Nurton Ridge Hollies Lane Pattingham Staffordshire WV6 7HJ
Received 7 Nov 2022Highcroft Holyhead Road Kingswood Staffordshire WV7 3AN
Received 7 Nov 2022Perton Cottage Preston Vale Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RA
Received 8 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Meadow View Cottage Six Ashes Road Bobbington Staffordshire DY7 5DT
Received 8 Nov 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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