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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.
7,747 approved · 1,001 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Nov 2011 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clee View Trysull Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 8DQ
Received 30 Jan 202310 Four Ashes Road Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9HX
Received 31 Jan 202327 Marsh Lane Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5BY
Received 25 Jan 2023Weston Graveyard Weston Park Weston Under Lizard Staffordshire
Received 25 Jan 202377 Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HN
Received 31 Jan 2023Unit H Valiant Way Pendeford Staffordshire WV9 5GB
Received 27 Jan 2023Former Bilbrook House Carter Avenue Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1HH
Received 31 Jan 20234 Van Diemans Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0BQ
Received 31 Jan 2023The Birches Hazel Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6AA
Received 1 Feb 2023St Peters Church Church Hill The Compa Kinver STOURBRIDGE DY7 6HX
Received 27 Jan 2023Grass Verge Of Codsall Road Codsall Staffordshire
Received 1 Feb 2023Land At 388551 308143 Port Lane Coven
Received 1 Feb 2023Holly Cottage Wolverhampton Road Nurton Staffordshire WV6 7AD
Received 2 Feb 20236 Cheshire Grove Perton Staffordshire WV6 7XL
Received 2 Feb 2023Land West Of Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire
Received 2 Feb 2023Lamp Post Columns Stourbridge Road Lloyd Hill
Received 2 Feb 2023Garage Site At Heather Drive Huntington
Received 2 Feb 2023The Platform The Old Railway Station Bratch Lane Wombourne WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 8DH
Received 2 Feb 20237 Church View Gardens Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6EE
Received 2 Feb 2023Home Farm Cottage Crockington Lane Seisdon Staffordshire WV5 7EN
Received 3 Feb 2023Mitton Manor Whiston Road Mitton Staffordshire ST19 5QW
Received 27 Jan 202318 Stone Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6EG
Received 3 Feb 2023The Bungalow Rock Bank Brewood Road Coven Staffordshire WV9 5BN
Received 2 Feb 2023Loades Business Park Gorsey Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6BD
Received 3 Feb 2023Records 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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