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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.
7,805 approved · 1,024 refused · 396 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Chestnuts Feiashill Road Trysull Staffordshire WV5 7HT
Received 18 Feb 2023East Side Of Watery Lane Codsall Staffordshire
Received 7 Feb 2023Moat House Farm Teddesley Road Acton Trussell STAFFORD ST17 0EL
Received 14 Feb 202353 Strathmore Crescent Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9AR
Received 14 Feb 2023Whitfield Bridgnorth Road Enville Staffordshire DY7 5JB
Received 16 Feb 2023118 Wombourne Park Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 0LY
Received 17 Feb 2023New House Broadwell Lane Pattingham WOLVERHAMPTON WV6 7BP
Received 20 Feb 2023Land On South West Side Of Levedale Road Levedale
Received 20 Feb 2023The Willows Shaw Hall Lane Coven Heath Staffordshire WV10 7HE
Received 20 Feb 2023Mountain Ash Ivetsey Road Wheaton Aston Staffordshire ST19 9QP
Received 20 Feb 2023Ashwood Fieldhouse Farm Ashwood Fieldhouse Farm Shop Kidderminster Road Ashwood Staffordshire DY6 0AA
Received 20 Feb 2023Land To West Of Proposed A449 Northbound Laybys Within Order Limits Of The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Gailey.
Received 21 Feb 202310 Penn Road Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4AQ
Received 7 Feb 202354 Chapel Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2EJ
Received 22 Feb 2023Holding 132 Wolverhampton Road Rodbaston Staffordshire ST19 5PG
Received 22 Feb 2023Kings Lodge Bridgnorth Road Stourton Staffordshire DY7 5BJ
Received 22 Feb 2023Westholme Wood Road Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QR
Received 22 Feb 2023Lakeside Farm Watling Street Hatherton CANNOCK WS11 1SQ
Received 23 Feb 2023Heath Barn Kidderminster Road Whittington Staffordshire DY7 6PB
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At High Hill Essington Staffordshire WV11 2DW
Received 24 Feb 2023The Old Farm County Lane Kingswood Staffordshire WV7 3AS
Received 20 Feb 2023Field Fayre Products Ltd 1-2 Landywood Lane Cheslyn Hay WALSALL WS6 7AL
Received 20 Feb 2023SI Group UK Ltd Gravelly Way Four Ashes Staffordshire WV10 7BT
Received 23 Feb 2023Electricity Sub Station 73M From 2 White House Cottages Moseley Road Featherstone Staffordshire
Received 25 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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