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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.
7,765 approved · 1,005 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Great Wyrley Health Centre Wardles Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6EW
Received 7 Feb 202372 Oaken Park Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2BW
Received 7 Feb 20233 Dene Close Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5HL
Received 6 Feb 2023Old Bush High Street Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9DT
Received 7 Feb 202329 Wood Lane Wedges Mills Staffordshire WS11 1SZ
Received 7 Feb 202322 Copper Beech Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0LH
Received 2 Feb 20234 Hampton Grove Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6LP
Received 8 Feb 2023Leper House Whitehouse Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QG
Received 8 Feb 2023Office Building East Of Lutley Lane Bobbington STOURBRIDGE DY7 5DQ
Received 1 Feb 2023Salters Hall Farm Six Ashes Road Bobbington Staffordshire DY7 5DX
Received 3 Feb 202310 Belvide Gardens Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1AN
Received 5 Feb 2023Land At Shop Lane Oaken Staffordshire
Received 8 Feb 2023West Midlands Interchange Watling Street/Wolverhampton Road Gailey
Received 9 Feb 2023Cross Styles Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QW
Received 9 Feb 2023Brackendale Greensforge Lane Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5BB
Received 10 Feb 2023Land North Of Penkridge Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 10 Feb 20232 Pendeford Mill Lane Bilbrook Staffordshire WV8 1JB
Received 10 Feb 2023Land At High Hill Essington Staffordshire WV11 2DW
Received 10 Feb 2023Archways Wynne Crescent Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4SW
Received 11 Feb 2023Fair Gables Hunters Ride Lawnswood Staffordshire DY7 5QN
Received 12 Feb 202367 Station Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1BY
Received 13 Feb 2023Half Acre Horsebrook Lane Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9LT
Received 3 Feb 2023Bargate House 35 Bargate Street Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BB
Received 3 Feb 202356 Elms Lane Shareshill Staffordshire WV10 7JX
Received 8 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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