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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.
7,606 approved · 962 refused · 378 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Shales Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8JB
Received 16 Nov 202217A Kiddemore Green Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BQ
Received 21 Nov 2022Smestow Grange Farm Smestow Road Swindon Staffordshire DY3 4PJ
Received 21 Nov 2022Cherry Lodge Wood Road Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QR
Received 21 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To 10 Ashley Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AX
Received 15 Nov 2022The Beeches 70 Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 22 Nov 2022Provence Strawmoor Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2HY
Received 23 Nov 2022Land On West Side Of Whittamoor Lane Longridge
Received 23 Nov 2022Cedar Cottage Strawmoor Lane Oaken Staffordshire WV8 2HY
Received 23 Nov 20224 Flemmynge Close Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2AD
Received 23 Nov 2022Himley Park Himley Road Himley Staffordshire DY3 4DF
Received 23 Nov 202215 Hut Hill Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6PD
Received 23 Nov 2022The Old Coach House Church Lane Blymhill Staffordshire TF11 8LL
Received 7 Nov 2022The Birches Hazel Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AA
Received 22 Nov 2022Garage Site Cotswold Avenue Great Wyrley Staffordshire
Received 24 Nov 20221 Filance Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5HJ
Received 17 Nov 2022Land To The Rear Of Kinver Library Vicarage Drive Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6HJ
Received 18 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Junction Of Upper Landywood Lane And Moons Lane Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7JW
Received 21 Nov 2022Bobbington Mills Mere Farm Lutley Lane Bobbington Staffordshire
Received 25 Nov 20228 Brewood Park Cottages Brewood Road Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BN
Received 25 Nov 20227 Hillcrest Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9JQ
Received 25 Nov 20224 Wicket Lane Prestwood Staffordshire DY7 5PD
Received 25 Nov 2022Kinver High School Enville Road Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6AA
Received 21 Nov 2022Sommerville Levedale Road Levedale Staffordshire ST18 9AH
Received 22 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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